The languages of political Islam : India, 1200-1800
- Author/Creator:
- Alam, Muzaffar, 1947-
- Publication/Creation:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- The languages of political Islam : India, 1200-1800 / Muzaffar Alam
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Islam--India--History
Islam and politics--India--History
Persian language--Political aspects--India
Sufism--India--History
Islamic law--India--History
India--Politics and government--997-1765
India--Politics and government--18th century
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- Muzaffar Alam shows that the adoption of Arabo-Persian Islam in India changed the manner in which Islamic rule and governance were conducted. Islamic regulation and statecraft in a predominately Hindu country required strategic shifts from the original Islamic injunctions. Islamic principles could not regulate beliefs in a vast country without accepting cultural limitations and limits on the exercise of power. As a result of cultural adaptation, Islam was in the end forced to reinvent its principles for religious rule. Acculturation also forced key Islamic terms to change so fundamentally that Indian Islam could be said to have acquired a character substantially different from the Islam practiced outside of India.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xiii, 244 pages ; 22 cm
- General Note:
- Originally published: Delhi : Permanent Black, 2004.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990035435740302486
- ISBN:
- 0226011003 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226011011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226011004 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226011011 (pbk. : alk. paper) - OCLC Number:
- 54913347
- Barcode:
- 010002833816
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