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A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION

P. C. Saidalavi

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Seeking Allah's Hierarchy

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
GLOSSARY ix
A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION xi
Figures xii
PREFACE xv
CHAPTER 1 Values of Hierarchy 1
CHAPTER 2 Fashioning Origins 25
CHAPTER 3 Hierarchical Intimacy 50
CHAPTER 4 Humiliation and Subordination 80
CHAPTER 5 “There Is No Caste in Islam” 104
CHAPTER 6 Securing Antassu 126
CHAPTER 7 Seeking Egalitarianism 154
AFTERWORD 183
NOTES 195
BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
INDEX 217
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 227

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512828504-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
GLOSSARY ix
A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION xi
Figures xii
PREFACE xv
CHAPTER 1 Values of Hierarchy 1
CHAPTER 2 Fashioning Origins 25
CHAPTER 3 Hierarchical Intimacy 50
CHAPTER 4 Humiliation and Subordination 80
CHAPTER 5 “There Is No Caste in Islam” 104
CHAPTER 6 Securing Antassu 126
CHAPTER 7 Seeking Egalitarianism 154
AFTERWORD 183
NOTES 195
BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
INDEX 217
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 227

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