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Autore: |
Avari Burjor
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Titolo: |
Islamic civilization in South Asia : a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent / / Burjor Avari
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina: | 954.02 |
Soggetto topico: | Islam - India - History |
Soggetto geografico: | India Civilization Islamic influences |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The era of Arab predominance -- 3. Turkish power and Persian culture in the age of transition -- 4. The Delhi Sultanate at its zenith -- 5. New centres of Muslim power and culture -- 6. The Mughal ascendancy: Akbar and his successors -- 7. The age of Mughal disintegration -- 8. Muslims under the East India Company -- 9. Stirrings of a Muslim modernity under the Raj -- 10. Unity or separatism? Muslim dilemma at the end of the Raj -- 11. Epilogue: New challenges in a fractured subcontinent. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Muslims have been present in South Asia for 14 centuries. Nearly 40% of the people of this vast land mass follow the religion of Islam, and Muslim contribution to the cultural heritage of the sub-continent has been extensive. This textbook provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the general reader, with a comprehensive account of the history of Islam in India, encompassing political, socio-economic, cultural and intellectual aspects.Using a chronological framework, the book discusses the main events in each period between c. 600 CE and the present day, along |
Titolo autorizzato: | Islamic civilization in South Asia ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-21225-6 |
0-203-09522-7 | |
1-283-87169-6 | |
1-136-21226-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779435103321 |
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