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Princeton Readings in Religions | p. v |
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments | p. vii |
List of Illustrations | p. xiii |
Contributors | p. xv |
Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice | p. xvii |
Maps | p. xxvi |
Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia | p. 1 |
Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders Introduction | p. 43 |
Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams | p. 48 |
The Soul's Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Hindavi Romance | p. 63 |
Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer | p. 77 |
Women's Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan | p. 87 |
Qawwali Songs of Praise | p. 93 |
Na't: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice | p. 101 |
Shi'i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala | p. 113 |
Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan | p. 120 |
Holy and Exemplary Lives | |
Introduction | p. 135 |
Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal | p. 138 |
Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab | p. 144 |
The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi | p. 158 |
Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan's Life and'Urs, Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries | p. 166 |
Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India | p. 173 |
The Transmission of Learning | |
Introduction | p. 187 |
Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar's Book of One Thousand Questions | p. 190 |
The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) | p. 201 |
The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual | p. 212 |
Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century | p. 225 |
Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama'at Account of a Mission in India | p. 240 |
A College Girl Gives a Qur'an Lesson in Bangladesh | p. 250 |
Guidance, Sharia, and Law | |
Introduction | p. 265 |
Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives | p. 271 |
Guiding the Ruler and Prince | p. 279 |
A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim | p. 293 |
Maulana Thanawi's Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children | p. 305 |
Shari'at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India | p. 317 |
Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) | p. 326 |
Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names | p. 339 |
A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath | p. 352 |
Belonging | |
Introduction | p. 371 |
Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal | p. 375 |
Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to'Abd al-Qadir Badayuni | p. 390 |
Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari's Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese | p. 403 |
Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan | p. 409 |
Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 | p. 424 |
Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences | p. 438 |
The Indian Jama'at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy | p. 447 |
Glossary | p. 457 |
Index | p. 461 |
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