The Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and Political Imagination in India, 1500-1750

Examines the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centered around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality.

Author: Muzaffar Alam
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/02/2022
Pages: 468
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d
ISBN13: 9781438484884
ISBN10: 1438484887
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | South | General
- Religion | Islam | Sufi
- Religion | History

About the Author
Muzaffar Alam is George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including, The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200-1800 and The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab, 1707-1748.

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