Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447016711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Classical Urdu Literature from the Beginning to Iqbāl
Author: Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447016711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447016711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Love's Subtle Magic
Author: Aditya Behl
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190628820
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today. It began as early as the 8th century, and the first Muslim kingdom in India, the Sultanate of Delhi, was established at the end of the 12th century. This power eventually reduced to vassalage almost every independent kingdom on the subcontinent. In Love's Subtle Magic, a remarkable and highly original book, Aditya Behl uses a little-understood genre of Sufi literature to paint an entirely new picture of the evolution of Indian culture during the earliest period of Muslim domination. These curious romantic tales transmit a profound religious message through the medium of adventurous stories of love. Although composed in the Muslim courts, they are written in a vernacular Indian language and involve Hindu yogis, Hindu princes and princesses, and Hindu gods. Until now, they have defied analysis. Behl shows that the Sufi authors of these charming tales sought to convey an Islamic vision via an Indian idiom. They thus constitute the earliest attempt at the indigenization of Islamic literature in an Indian setting. More important, however, Behl's analysis brilliantly illuminates the cosmopolitan and composite culture of the Sultanate India in which they were composed. This in turn compels us completely to rethink the standard of the opposition between Indian Hindu and foreign Muslim and recognize that the Indo-Islamic culture of this era was already significantly Indian in many important ways.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190628820
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today. It began as early as the 8th century, and the first Muslim kingdom in India, the Sultanate of Delhi, was established at the end of the 12th century. This power eventually reduced to vassalage almost every independent kingdom on the subcontinent. In Love's Subtle Magic, a remarkable and highly original book, Aditya Behl uses a little-understood genre of Sufi literature to paint an entirely new picture of the evolution of Indian culture during the earliest period of Muslim domination. These curious romantic tales transmit a profound religious message through the medium of adventurous stories of love. Although composed in the Muslim courts, they are written in a vernacular Indian language and involve Hindu yogis, Hindu princes and princesses, and Hindu gods. Until now, they have defied analysis. Behl shows that the Sufi authors of these charming tales sought to convey an Islamic vision via an Indian idiom. They thus constitute the earliest attempt at the indigenization of Islamic literature in an Indian setting. More important, however, Behl's analysis brilliantly illuminates the cosmopolitan and composite culture of the Sultanate India in which they were composed. This in turn compels us completely to rethink the standard of the opposition between Indian Hindu and foreign Muslim and recognize that the Indo-Islamic culture of this era was already significantly Indian in many important ways.
A Guide to Oriental Classics
Author: Wm. Theodore De Bary
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231517195
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A Guide to Oriental Classics
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231517195
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A Guide to Oriental Classics
Ṭhumrī in Historical and Stylistic Perspectives
Author: Peter Manuel
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120806733
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
As thumri moved from the courtesan salon to the Public concert hall, its style and image changed drametically in accordance with the evolving aesthetic of its new bourgeois patrons. Thumri in Historical and stylistic perspectives constitutes a welcome and significant contribution to the study of Hindustani music and south Asian culture in general.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120806733
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
As thumri moved from the courtesan salon to the Public concert hall, its style and image changed drametically in accordance with the evolving aesthetic of its new bourgeois patrons. Thumri in Historical and stylistic perspectives constitutes a welcome and significant contribution to the study of Hindustani music and south Asian culture in general.
An Anthology of Classical Urdu Love Lyrics
Author: David John Matthews
Publisher: London : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Includes introduction, biographical sketches, and vocabulary.
Publisher: London : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Includes introduction, biographical sketches, and vocabulary.
Islam in South Asia
Author: Jamal Malik
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004422714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Islam in South Asia: Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition traces the roots and development of Muslim presence in South Asia. Trajectories of normative notions of state-building and the management of diversity are elaborated in four clusters, augmented by topical subjects in excursuses and annexes offering an array of Muslim voices. The enormous time span from 650 to 2019 provides for a comprehensive and plural canvas of the religious self-presentation of South Asian Muslims. Making use of the latest academic works and historical materials, including first-hand accounts ranging from official statements to poetry, Malik convincingly argues that these texts provide sufficient evidence to arrive at an interpretation of quite a different character. With major and substantial revisions, changes, abridgements and additions follow the academic literature produced during the last decades.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004422714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Islam in South Asia: Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition traces the roots and development of Muslim presence in South Asia. Trajectories of normative notions of state-building and the management of diversity are elaborated in four clusters, augmented by topical subjects in excursuses and annexes offering an array of Muslim voices. The enormous time span from 650 to 2019 provides for a comprehensive and plural canvas of the religious self-presentation of South Asian Muslims. Making use of the latest academic works and historical materials, including first-hand accounts ranging from official statements to poetry, Malik convincingly argues that these texts provide sufficient evidence to arrive at an interpretation of quite a different character. With major and substantial revisions, changes, abridgements and additions follow the academic literature produced during the last decades.
Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings
Author: Stefan Sperl
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004102958
Category : Qasidas
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004102958
Category : Qasidas
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Hindi Classical Tradition
Author: Rupert Snell
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780728601758
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780728601758
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa
Author: Stefan Sperl
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004539409
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004104525).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004539409
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004104525).
Sufi Rituals and Practices
Author: Kashshaf Ghani
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192889222
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book explores the institution of Sufism, the most dynamic face of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, as it sets out to study the mystical rituals and devotional practices that characterize Sufism's beliefs and traditions.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192889222
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book explores the institution of Sufism, the most dynamic face of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, as it sets out to study the mystical rituals and devotional practices that characterize Sufism's beliefs and traditions.