Sufi cults and the evolution of medieval Indian culture/ edited by Anup Taneja. - New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research in association with Northern Book Centre, 2003. - viii, 325 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergence of Sufi silsilas in India / Fatima Hussain -- Sufi cults and the making of a pluralist society / Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui -- Early Chishtis and the state / Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli -- Miracles, authority, and benevolence : stories of karamat in sufi literature of the Delhi sultanate / Raziuddin Aquil -- Shari'a, state, and conversions in Medieval Kashmir : an assessment of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani's historical role / Mohammad Ishaq Khan -- Shaikh Jalalud-Din Tabrezi and his contribution to the spread of sufi influence in Bengal during the thirteenth century / Sk Abdul Latif -- The pro-alien policy of Ahmad Shah and the role of the Ni'matullahis of Bidar / Muhammad Suleman Siddiqui -- Women in Malik Muhammad Jaisi's discourse : Padmavat, Akhravat, and Akhiri kalam -- Sufi cults and the Shias / S.M. Azizuddin Husain -- The Qalandars and the Qalandariyya path (tariqa) / Kumkum Srivastava.

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Sufism -- India -- History.
India -- Civilization -- 1200-1765.
Civilization.


India--Civilization

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