The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200-1800

by Muzaffar Alam

Book Overview

The Languages of Political Islam illuminates the diverse ways in which Islam, from the time of its arrival in India in the twelfth century through its height as the ruling theology to its decline, adapted to its new cultural context to become "Indianized."

Muzaffar Alam shows that the adoption of Arabo-Persian Islam in India changed the manner in which Islamic rule and governance were conducted. Islamic regulation and statecraft in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226011011
• ISBN13: 9780226011011
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"