The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam

by A. Azfar Moin

Book Overview

At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as the messiah reborn. Yet the Mughal emperor was not alone in doing so. In this field-changing study, A. Azfar Moin explores why Muslim sovereigns in this period began to imitate the exalted nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231160372
• ISBN13: 9780231160377
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher