Islam in India: History, Politics and Society is based on the historical and contemporary relevance of the religion and its related culture(s) in India.
Besides being a major religious doctrine, Islam has been the main political ideology for many dynasties in India such as Delhi Sultanate (1206-1451); the Illbaris Turks (also known as Mamluk 1206–90); Khiljis (1290–1320); Tughlaqs (1320–1414); Sayyids (1414–51), Afghans and the Mughal Empire. Islam played a pivotal role in shaping the polity and society during the period of each dynasty. This book argues that Islam in India ought to be seen not only as a political and religious ideology of the dynasties, but also as a significant force that shaped the cultural fabric of the country.
Author(s): Nasir Raza Khan
Publisher: Routledge/Manakin Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 302
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part-I: Syncretic Traditions: Sufism and Bhakti in Indian History
Chapter 1: Piety, Impiety and Islam: Muslim Religious Practice in Eighteenth Century Shahjahanabad
Chapter 2: The Khwaja’s Creed: Gharib Nawaz and Propagation of Sufi Thought
Chapter 3: Sufi and Bhakti Tradition: Corresponding and Divergent Trends
Chapter 4: Pluralism in Medieval Islamic Heritage: A Study of Sufi Ethos of Kashmir
Chapter 5: Sufi Contributions to the Intellectual Culture of Islam in India: Awarif-al-Ma’arif and Early Sufi Writings
Part-II: Islam and the State: History, Religion and Identity
Chapter 6: Mughal Identity: Central Asian or Indian
Chapter 7: Cultural, Literary and Artistic world of Indo-Central Asia
Chapter 8: Looking Through European Eyes: Mughal State and Religious Freedom as Gleaned from the European Travellers’ Accounts of the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 9: Contesting The Authority of The Mughal Emperor: Abdul Qadir Badauni’s Attitude Towards Kingship
Chapter 10: Masjids, 'Community Life' and Resistance in Colonial India: A Case Study of Masjid-e Jahan Numa at Shahjahanabad up to A.D 1870s.
Part-II: Intellectual Movements and Contemporary Perspectives: Islam in the Modern Age
Chapter 11: Drawing Parallel with 19th Century Muslim Movements in India with Reform Movements Across Muslim Weltanschauung: An Analysis of Syed Ahmad’s Work
Chapter 12: Maktubat-e Syed Ahmad Khan and His Agenda of Social and Educational Reform
Chapter 13: Sir Syed’s Aligarh Movement and Muslim Women Discourses
Chapter 14: Shi’i in India: A Minority within the Minority
Chapter 15: Pan-Islamism and Khilafat Movement: Understanding Muslim Minds in Colonial Perspectives
Chapter 16: Contemporary Islam: A Realistic Assessment of the Current Dynamics and Progressive Strategies for the Future
Bibliography
Index
