Islam in India: History, Politics and Society is based on the historical and contemporary relevance of the religion and its related culture(s) in India.
Besides being a major religious doctrine, Islam has been the main political ideology for many dynasties in India such as Delhi Sultanate (1206-1451); the Illbaris Turks (also known as Mamluk 1206–90); Khiljis (1290–1320); Tughlaqs (1320–1414); Sayyids (1414–51), Afghans and the Mughal Empire. Islam played a pivotal role in shaping the polity and society during the period of each dynasty. This book argues that Islam in India ought to be seen not only as a political and religious ideology of the dynasties, but also as a significant force that shaped the cultural fabric of the country.
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Introduction
Nasir Raza Khan
Syncretic Traditions: Sufism and Bhakti in Indian History
1. Piety, Impiety and Islam: Muslim Religious Practice in Eighteenth Century Shahjahanabad
Rohma Javed Rashid
2. The Khwaja’s Creed: Gharib Nawaz and Propagation of Sufi Thought
Babli Parveen
3. Sufi and Bhakti Tradition: Corresponding and Divergent Trends
Akhlaque Ahmad Ahan
4. Pluralism in Medieval Islamic Heritage: A Study of Sufi Ethos of Kashmir
G. N. Khaki
5. Sufi Contributions to the Intellectual Culture of Islam in India: Awarif-al-Ma’arif and Early Sufi Writings
Mohammad Shaheer Siddiqui
Islam and the State: History, Religion and Identity
6. Mughal Identity: Central Asian or Indian
Tasneem Suhrawardy
7. Cultural, Literary and Artistic world of Indo-Central Asia
Gulfishan Khan
8. Looking Through European Eyes: Mughal State and Religious Freedom as Gleaned from the European Travellers’ Accounts of the Seventeenth Century
Nishat Manzar
9. Contesting The Authority of The Mughal Emperor: Abdul Qadir Badauni’s Attitude Towards Kingship
Ikramul Haque
10. Masjids, 'Community Life' and Resistance in Colonial India: A Case Study of Masjid-e Jahan Numa at Shahjahanabad up to A.D 1870s.
Sadia Aziz
Intellectual Movements and Contemporary Perspectives: Islam in the Modern Age
11. Drawing Parallel with 19th Century Muslim Movements in India with Reform Movements Across Muslim Weltanschauung: An Analysis of Syed Ahmad’s Work
M. Waseem Raja
12. Maktubat-e Syed Ahmad Khan and His Agenda of Social and Educational Reform
Parwez Nazir
13. Sir Syed’s Aligarh Movement and Muslim Women Discourses
Naiyer Azam
14. Shi’i in India: A Minority within the Minority
Sayyad Mohd. Afzal
15. Pan-Islamism and Khilafat Movement: Understanding Muslim Minds in Colonial Perspectives
Hassan Imam
16. Contemporary Islam: A Realistic Assessment of the Current Dynamics and Progressive Strategies for the Future
Sultan Shahin
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Nasir Raza Khan is Associate Professor at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His areas of research include Religion, Society and Culture in Central Asia; Silk Road; and Contemporary Central Asia-India relations.
