A Book of Conquest : : The ‹i›Chachnama‹/i› and Muslim Origins in South Asia / / Manan Ahmed Asif.
The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. Standard accounts center on the Umayyad Caliphate’s incursions into Sind and littoral western India in the eighth century CE. In this telling, Muslims were a foreign presence among native Hindus, sowing...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) :; 8 halftones, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction
- 1. Frontier with the House of Gold
- 2. A Foundation for History
- 3. Dear Son, What Is the Matter with You?
- 4. A Demon with Ruby Eyes
- 5. The Half Smile
- 6. A Conquest of Pasts
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Acknowledgments
- Index