The Islamic Connection: South Asia and the Gulf

by Laurence Louër and Christophe Jaffrelot

The region inhabited by the largest number of Muslims-roughly 500 million-today is South Asia. In the course of the Islamization process that began in the eighth century, the region developed a distinct Indo-Islamic civilization that culminated in the Mughal Empire. In the Gulf, while paying lip service to the power centres, including Mecca and Medina, this civilization cultivated its own variety of Islam, which was based on Sufism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143455656
• ISBN13: 9780143455653
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: India Penguin
• Length: 320 Pages