Indian sufism since the seventeenth century saints, books, and empires in the Muslim Deccan
Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge
2006.
2017. |
| Series: | Routledge Sufi series ;
v18. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433686506719 |
| Summary: | Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134168248 9781134168255 9781280552809 9786610552801 9780203965368 |
