Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948

Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948
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Publisher : Mittal Publications
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 8170990173
ISBN-13 : 9788170990178
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948 by : P. V. Kate

Hyderabad, British India, and the World

Hyderabad, British India, and the World
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 363
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ISBN-10 : 9781316300299
ISBN-13 : 1316300293
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Hyderabad, British India, and the World by : Eric Lewis Beverley

This examination of the formally autonomous state of Hyderabad in a global comparative framework challenges the idea of the dominant British Raj as the sole sovereign power in the late colonial period. Beverley argues that Hyderabad's position as a subordinate yet sovereign 'minor state' was not just a legal formality, but that in exercising the right to internal self-government and acting as a conduit for the regeneration of transnational Muslim intellectual and political networks, Hyderabad was indicative of the fragmentation of sovereignty between multiple political entities amidst empires. By exploring connections with the Muslim world beyond South Asia, law and policy administration along frontiers with the colonial state, and urban planning in expanding Hyderabad City, Beverley presents Hyderabad as a locus for experimentation in global and regional forms of political modernity. This book recasts the political geography of late imperialism and historicises Muslim political modernity in South Asia and beyond.

Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century

Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781134168248
ISBN-13 : 1134168241
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century by : Nile Green

Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation. In particular Green studies the city of Awrangabad, examining the vibrant intellectual and cultural history of this city as part of the independent state of Haydarabad. He employs a combination of historical texts and anthropological fieldwork, which provide a fresh perspective on developments of devotional Islam in South Asia over the past three centuries, giving a fuller understanding of Sufism and Muslim saints in South Asia.

Jewels of the Nizams

Jewels of the Nizams
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Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435068254796
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Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewels of the Nizams by : Usha Ramamrutham Bala Krishnan

This is the story of the incalculable wealth of the Asaf Jah dynasty. Wealth that has lain concealed in the darkness of a bank vault for over 50 years. It is the study and documentation of gemstones and jewels that few people have had the opportunity to see and handle. The collection of jewels of the nizams of Hyderabad is one of the finest in the world. In addition to turban ornaments, gem-set and enamelled necklaces, earrings, armbands, bracelets, belts and other items of jewellery, it includes twenty-two unset emeralds and the fabled 184.50 carat Jacob Diamond - a magnificent South African gem believed to have been used by the last Nizam as a paperweight After the integration of Hyderabad state into the Union of India in 1950. Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan instituted a jewellery trust to which he assigned the most important items from the Hyderabad treasury, with the stipulation that they could only be sold after his death. In the nearly three decades since 1972 (when the collection was first offered to the government of India), the unfolding drama of the Nizam's jewels entailed court cases, tantrums, intrigue, conflicting decisions and colossal expenses. credence to legends, apocryphal tales and fading memories of a fabulously wealthy dynasty that ruled the Deccan for seven generations.

Unravelling the Enigma Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism

Unravelling the Enigma Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism
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Publisher : Sterling Publications
Total Pages : 542
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X030121415
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Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Unravelling the Enigma Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism by : Marianne Warren

This book examines Sai Baba of Shirdi from the standpoint of Islamic mysticism - the Deccani Sufism of 19th century Maharashtra - in order to resolve the mystery surrounding the saint. Two new pieces of work are used in this book. First, Dr Warren elucidates the English translation of part of the works of some 17th and 18th century Maharashtrian Sufi poet-saints. Secondly, she includes the English translation of the previously untranslated Urdu notebook, jotted down by Abdul - Sai Baba's faqiri pupil - from teachings based on the Qur'an given to him by his pir Sai Baba. Both of these contributions allow us to look into a world hitherto closed, and expand our awareness of the famous miracle-worker of Shirdi.

Itihas

Itihas
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112087417173
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

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India, Past and Present

India, Past and Present
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015063719754
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Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

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The Encyclopedia Britannica

The Encyclopedia Britannica
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Total Pages : 918
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105071182427
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Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

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