Islam and Its Culture in South Asia, Primus Books, 9390430518, 9789390430512

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Islam and Its Culture in South Asia

Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui (Author)

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Islam first arrived in India through Arab merchants in the very first century of Islam’s rise in Arabia. Focusing on the arrival and growth of Islam in South Asia and the important socio-political changes it brought. This book examines the identity and lives of the converts to Islam, their reasons for conversion and the role performed by modern reformers who initiated modernist trends in order to enlighten Indian Muslims. This book will help scholars reconstruct the social and intellectual history of the different communities of South Asi

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About the author

Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui

Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui retired as Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Amongst his published works are: Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism in India, Sher Shah Sur and His Dynasty; Mughal Relations with the Indian Ruling Elile; Perso-Arabic Sources on the life and Conditions in the Sultanate of Delhi; English Translation of the Waqi’at-i-Mushtaqi; Authority and Kingship under the Sultans of Delhi; and Medieval India; Essays in Intellectual Thought and Culture. Besides, he has contributed a large number of articles to international journals, Encyclopedia of Islam (New Edition, E.J. Brill, Leiden), Encyclopedia Iranica (USA), encyclopedia of Islam in Turkish language (Istanbul) and encyclopedia of Islamic civilization in Arabic (Jordan).

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