India's Islamic Traditions 711-1750

by Eaton, Richard M.

• ISBN13: 9780195659740
• ISBN10: 0195659740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume, part of the 'Themes in Indian History' series, contains 17 essays on various aspects of Islamic traditions in South Asia, spanning the course of 800 years, plus an Introduction by the editor, a well-known expert in this field. The essays cover a wide range of topics and provides a comprehensive summary of the rich diversity and cultural syncretism which are the hallmarks of the Islamic traditions in India. It will become a standard text on the subject of Indian Islam.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(37)
Part One: Representing Self and Other
Epic and Counter-Epic in Medieval India	37	(13)
Aziz Ahmad
Islamic Thought in Relation to the Indian Context	50	(14)
Yohanan Friedmann
A Medieval Encounter Between Hindu and Muslim: Eknath's Drama-Poem Hindu-Turk Samvad	64	(19)
Eleanor Zelliot
Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-colonial India	83	(37)
Cynthia Talbot
Part Two: Religion and Political Power
The Nobility Under Akbar and the Development of His Religious Policy, 1560-80	120	(13)
Iqtidar Alam Khan
Jizya and the State in India during the Seventeenth Century	133	(17)
Satish Chandra
The Sociology of Political Engagement: The Mahdawiyah and the State	150	(19)
Derryl N. MacLean
Part Three: History, Literature, and Law
Some General Characteristics Analysed	169	(11)
Peter Hardy
The Magic Doe: Desire and Narrative in a Hindavi Sufi Romance, circa 1503	180	(29)
Aditya Behl
Hanafi Fiqh in Mughal India: The Fatawa-i `Alamgiri	209	(25)
Alan M. Guenther
Part Four: Sufi and Shi'I Traditions
The Sufi Shaikh as a Source of Authority in Medieval India	234	(29)
Simon Digby
The Political and Religious Authority of the Shrine of Baba Farid	263	(22)
Richard M. Eaton
Creating Tradition Through Devotional Songs and Communal Script: The Khojah Isma`ilis of South Asia	285	(26)
Ali S. Asani
Popular Shi`ism	311	(31)
J. R. I. Cole
Part Five: Islam in The Regions
The Impact of Islam on Kashmir in the Sultanate Period (1320-1586)	342	(21)
Mohammad Ishaq Khan
In Search of Equivalence: Conceiving the Muslim-Hindu Encounter Through Translation Theory	363	(30)
Tony K. Stewart
Religious Vocabulary and Regional Identity: A Study of the Tamil Cirappuranam (`Life of the Prophet')	393	(18)
Vasudha Narayanan
Bibliography	411	(7)
Index	418	(20)
Notes on Contributors	438