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Muslim Rule in Medieval India: Power and Religion in the Delhi Sultanate
Fouzia Farooq Ahmed
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Description for Muslim Rule in Medieval India: Power and Religion in the Delhi Sultanate
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
The Delhi Sultanate ruled northern India for over three centuries. The era, marked by the desecration of temples and construction of mosques from temple-rubble, is for many South Asians a lightning rod for debates on communalism, religious identity and inter-faith conflict. Using Persian and Arabic manuscripts, epigraphs and inscriptions, Fouzia Farooq Ahmad demystifies key aspects of governance and religion in this complex and controversial period. Why were small sets of foreign invaders and administrators able to dominate despite the cultural, linguistic and religious divides separating them from the ruled? And to what extent did people comply with the authority of ... Read more
The Delhi Sultanate ruled northern India for over three centuries. The era, marked by the desecration of temples and construction of mosques from temple-rubble, is for many South Asians a lightning rod for debates on communalism, religious identity and inter-faith conflict. Using Persian and Arabic manuscripts, epigraphs and inscriptions, Fouzia Farooq Ahmad demystifies key aspects of governance and religion in this complex and controversial period. Why were small sets of foreign invaders and administrators able to dominate despite the cultural, linguistic and religious divides separating them from the ruled? And to what extent did people comply with the authority of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Library of Islamic Law
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784535506
SKU
V9781784535506
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About Fouzia Farooq Ahmed
Fouzia Farooq Ahmed is Lecturer in the Department of History at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, where she received her PhD. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on the topic of the Delhi sultanate.
Reviews for Muslim Rule in Medieval India: Power and Religion in the Delhi Sultanate
'In this meticulous study, Fouzia Farooq Ahmed analyses the structure and dynamics of Muslim domination in India. Dr. Ahmed's survey deftly depicts the obstacles to establishing a stable foundation of authority in a political landscape of kaleidoscopic complexity, comprised of Turkish military slaves, Afghan warlords, Hindu notables, Indo-Muslim powerbrokers, Persian administrators, and Arab religious experts. What emerges from her sifting ... Read more