Indian Sufism Since the Seventeenth Century (Routledge Sufi Series)

by NileGreen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $157.79

  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 study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the Deccan region.