02396cam a2200433 i 4500 21946696 OSt 20230921122910.0 210307s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng 2021006831 9781438484891 (hardcover) 9788178246567 9781438484907 (ebook) LBSOR/DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc a-ii--- BP188.8.I4 A76 2021 297.4 ALA/M Alam, Muzaffar 1947- author. 2385 The Mughals and the Sufis : Islam and political imagination in India, 1500-1750 / Muzaffar Alam. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] xiii, 454 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "First published by Permanent Black D-28." Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-430) and index. Introduction: A long view of Sufism and political culture in India -- The Mughals, the Sufi Shaikhs, and the formation of the Akbari dispensation -- A Sufi critique of religious law, tasawwuf, and politics in Mughal India -- Shah Madar, Sufi religion, and a view of "true Islam" in a Mughal Chishti Tazkira -- Strategy and imagination in a Mughal Sufi story of creation -- In search of a sacred king : Dara Shukoh and the Yogavasisthas of Mughal India -- Piety, poetry, and the contested loyalties of Mughal princesses, c. 1635-1700 -- The Naqshbandi Shaikhs of Sirhind in Aurangzeb's empire and its aftermath. "Examines the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centred around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality"-- Provided by publisher. Sufism India History. Islam and politics India. Islam and state India. Mogul Empire Religion. Mogul Empire Politics and government. India Politics and government 997-1765. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 297.4 ALA/M 297.4 ALA/M 0 0 ddc 0 0 RELIGION MES MES HIS 2023-09-21 0 297.4 ALA/M 42540 2023-09-21 12:29:58 795.00 2023-09-21 BK GL42R1 42238 42238