11. Historical Dimensions of Islam in South Asia: Modern Writings on Polity, Religion and Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Appointment of Government Officers in Medieval States: The Concerns of Nizam ul-Mulk Tusi and Ziauddin Barani 9
6. 2. Dynastic Change in Northern India: Divergent Approaches to the Exercise of Sovereign Power 36
7. 3. Rulers, Zamindars and Sufis: Probing a Triangular Model of State Formation 60
8. 4. Administrative Consolidation in the Delhi Sultanate: Evidence from a Collection of Letters 84
9. 5. Scientific Temperament and Technical Innovations in North India: From the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century 110
10. 6. Revolt of Dulla Bhatti against the Mughal State: A Study of Oral Tradition and Modern Cultural Forms 139
11. 7. Travelling Across Northwestern India: The State of Rivers, Bridges and Boats during the Mughal Age 163
12. 8. Political Culture in the Mughal Empire: An Idealistic Vision and the Ground Reality 190
13. 9. A Central Asian Visitor at the Mughal Court: Meetings of Mutribi Samarqandi with Emperor Jahangir 213
14. 10. Pictures of Amazement in Medieval India: Looking into the Works of Mushtaqi, Jahangir and Bhandari 240
15. 11. Historical Dimensions of Islam in South Asia: Modern Writings on Polity, Religion and Culture 263
16. 12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance 289
17. 13. Caste, Creed and Custom: North Indian Society Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century 321
18. 14. Celebration of Religious Diversity in Agra: Reading the Observations of Nazir Akbarabadi 348
19. Index 371