Publisher | SUNY Press |
ISBN 13 | 9781438484884 |
ISBN 10 | 1438484887 |
Author | Muzaffar Alam |
Language | English |
Book Description | 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. |
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. |
Publication Date | 2 January 2022 |
Number of Pages | 470 pages |
The Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and Political Imagination in India, 1500-1750