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oapen-20.500.12657-242242024-03-22T19:23:19Z Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century Green, Nile death anniversary fakhr dln shrine mughal conquests saint citys saints thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation. In particular Green studies the city of Awrangabad, examining the vibrant intellectual and cultural history of this city as part of the independent state of Haydarabad. He employs a combination of historical texts and anthropological fieldwork, which provide a fresh perspective on developments of devotional Islam in South Asia over the past three centuries, giving a fuller understanding of Sufism and Muslim saints in South Asia. 2019-11-21 14:32:35 2020-04-01T09:50:34Z 2020-04-01T09:50:34Z 2006 book 1005907 OCN: 1135848193 9780415390408;9780415549882;9781134168255;9781134168248;9781134168200 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24224 eng Routledge Sufi Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 1005907.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781134168255 Taylor & Francis 10.4324/9780203965368 10.4324/9780203965368 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9780415390408;9780415549882;9781134168255;9781134168248;9781134168200 open access
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Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation. In particular Green studies the city of Awrangabad, examining the vibrant intellectual and cultural history of this city as part of the independent state of Haydarabad. He employs a combination of historical texts and anthropological fieldwork, which provide a fresh perspective on developments of devotional Islam in South Asia over the past three centuries, giving a fuller understanding of Sufism and Muslim saints in South Asia.
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