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Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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Catalogue of Oriental Literature, Manuscripts, Printed Books, Translations, Works of Eastern Travels
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Pages : 1138
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A Catalogue of Books, in All Classes of Literature, Many of Them Rare, Valuable and Curious
Author: Bernard Quaritch
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Pages : 458
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The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen
Author: Ramya Sreenivasan
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295997850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini. Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295997850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini. Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.
A Catalog of Books
Author: Bernard Quaritch
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Catalogue of Books in All Classes of Literature
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Pages : 476
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Alberuni's India
Author: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī
Publisher: Psychology Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Catalogue of Books ... offered for sale by B. Quaritch
Author: Bernard Quaritch
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Pages : 464
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Alberuni's India
Author: Muhạmmad ibn Ahṃad Bīrūnī
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Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Catalogue of The... Library Of... Horace Hayman Wilson, ... Comprising the Best Works in Sanskrit and Other Oriental Literature, which Will be Sold by Auction ...
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Pages : 82
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And Muhammad Is His Messenger
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619601
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many parallels in other major religions. In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary to take into account the long history of the veneration of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions. By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world. This is the first book in English to deal with all aspects of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an expanded version of Schimmel's Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619601
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many parallels in other major religions. In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary to take into account the long history of the veneration of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey, all of which became subjects for religious devotions. By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture, providing a much-needed understanding of religion as it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world. This is the first book in English to deal with all aspects of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an expanded version of Schimmel's Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981.