Islamic civilization in South Asia : [electronic resource] a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent / Burjor Avari.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (346 pages)ISBN:- 9781136212260
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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
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.
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