Islamic civilization in South Asia : a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent / / Burjor Avari

• Autore: Avari Burjor
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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: 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.: 9910452905303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II