This volume brings together representative writings on the perennial debate regarding the role of Sufis in Indian history and society. It focuses on crucial issues like the Sufis' encounters or interactions in Indian environment, episodic conversion, process of Islamicization, and expansion of Islam in India. INDICE: Introduction, Raziuddin Aquil;; 1.: 'Muslim Mystic Ideology andContribution to Indian Culture', K.A. Nizami;; 2.: 'Sufism and Hindu Mysticism', Aziz Ahmad;; 3.: 'Islamic Proselytisation', S.A.A. Rizvi;; 4.: 'Sufi Folk Literature and the Expansion of Indian Islam', Richard M. Eaton;; 5.: 'The Indian Environment and the Question of Conversion', Carl W. Ernst;; 6.: 'The Indian Environment', Yohanan Friedmann;; 7.: 'Shah Waliullah and the Dargah', J.M.S Baljon;; 8.: 'The Sufi Shaikh as a Source of Authority in Medieval India', Simon Digby;; 9.: 'Assimilation from a Distance', Muzaffar Alam; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements; Contributor's note
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806444-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 03/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés