Kashmir's Transition to Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (15th-18th Century)
Khan, Mohammed Ishaq
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Book ID : 30003
ISBN-10 : 81-8339-030-7 / 8183390307
ISBN-13 : 978-81-8339-030-9 / 9788183390309
Place
of Publication :
Srinagar
Year
of Publication :
2005
Edition : (Fourth Edition)
Language : English
xxvii, 308p., Gloss., App., Bib., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- I. Conceptual Framework of Conversion to Islam. II. The Historical Background of the Rishi Movement. III. Socio-Religious Milieu of Shaikh Nuruddhin Rishi. IV. Shaikh Nuruddin's Religious Career and its Social Impact. V. Religious thought of Shaikh Nuruddin. VI. The Attitudes of the Sufi Orders Towards the Rishi Movement. VII. The Rishis and Conversion to Islam. VIII. The Societal Dimensions of Miracles and Legends. IX. Epilogue.
DESCRIPTION
The book breaks fresh ground in historical research. Based on a critical and empathic understanding of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and Kashmiri sources, it provides a critique of Orientalist scholarship against the background of an historical enquiry conducted into the processes of Islamization and its dynamics in relation to the role of Muslim Rishis (Kashmiri Sufis). Professor Ishaq Khan has brought together a number of perspectives-the historical, the sociological, and the religious.
