Symbols of Authority in Medieval Islam

Auer, Blain H.:
Symbols of Authority in Medieval Islam : History, Religion and Muslim Legitimacy in the Delhi Sultanate / Blain H. Auer. - London [u.a.] : I. B. Tauris, 2012. - xix, 237 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-1-84885-567-0
£ 54,50
DDC: 954.023

Beschreibung
With the execution of the Abbasid caliph in Al-Musta'sim in 1258, Sunni authority and legitimacy in Baghdad began to disintegrate, and the recently established Delhi Sultanate became a new focus for the development of Muslim societies amidst a global shift in Islamic authority. Here Blain Auer investigates the ways three historians living in India during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Minhaj Siraj Juzjani, al-Din Barani and al-Din Siraj, narrated the religious values of Muslim sovereigns through the process of history writing. Aiding the project of empire building, these historians and intellectuals drew up an idea of an Islamic heritage that invented and reinterpreted conceptions of a historically rooted Muslim authority. With fresh insights on the intersections between religion, politics and historiography, this book will be indispensable for all those interested in Islamic studies, history, religion, politics and South Asia. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Abbreviations. ix
Illustrations and Maps. xi
Acknowledgments. xiii
Preface. xvii
1. Delhi at the Center of Islamic Authority. 1
2. Pre-Islamic Prophetic Paradigms in Delhi Sultanate Historiography. 25
3. Muḥammad's Example as the Perfect Ruler. 47
4. Images of the Friends of God in the Lives of Sultans. 77
5. Caliphal Authority and Representation in the Delhi Sultanate. 104
6. Shari'ah and Justice. 135
Conclusion. 156
Notes. 161
Bibliography. 201
Index. 221

Autor
Blain Auer is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the department of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. He studies the religious, cultural, and historical dimensions of Islamic societies, specializing in pre-modern South Asia. Profile page.

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