Conquest and community : the afterlife of warrior saint Ghazi Miyan

Author/Creator:

Amin, Shahid, author

Publication/Creation:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016

Format:

Book

Edition:

University of Chicago Press edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Conquest and community : the afterlife of warrior saint Ghazi Miyan / Shahid Amin

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction: Sufi and the Ghazi --
The hagiography --
An Urdu mirror of Masud --
The author as hero --
Tales and the text --
Reproductive anxiety --
Zohra Bibi --
Birth -- marriage -- martyrdom --
Ghazi Miyan and cowherds --
Grey mare, Lilli --
Cooking for a Turkic brother --
Idols --
Altars --
Dafalis and servitors --
The Bahraich shrine --
Sites and cenotaphs --
Investing the Ghazi --
Demotic warfare --
Downplaying the iconoclast? --
A long afterlife --
Everyday memories --
Epilogue.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Sayyid Sālār Masʻūd G̲h̲āzī,1014-1032--Cult
Muslim saints--India--Uttar Pradesh--Biography
Uttar Pradesh (India)--Folklore

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Sufi and the Ghazi -- A life. The hagiography -- An Urdu mirror of Masud -- The author as hero -- Lore. Tales and the text -- Reproductive anxiety -- Zohra Bibi -- Birth -- marriage -- martyrdom -- Ghazi Miyan and cowherds -- Grey mare, Lilli -- Cooking for a Turkic brother -- Idols -- Shrine. Altars -- Dafalis and servitors -- The Bahraich shrine -- Sites and cenotaphs -- Counter-histories. Investing the Ghazi -- Demotic warfare -- Downplaying the iconoclast? -- A long afterlife -- Everyday memories -- Epilogue.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xix, 321 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936597360102486

ISBN:

9780226372570
022637257X
9780226372600
022637260X

OCLC Number:

940520504

Barcode:

010002989860