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Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments |
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List of Illustrations |
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Contributors |
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Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice Barbara D. Metcalf |
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Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia |
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Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders |
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1. Satpanthi. Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams |
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2. The Soul's Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Hindavi Romance |
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3. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer |
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4. Women's Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan |
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5. Qawwali Songs of Praise |
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Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich |
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6. Na't: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice |
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7. Shili Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala |
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Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich |
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8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan |
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Holy and Exemplary Lives |
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9. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal |
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10. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab |
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11. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi |
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12. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan's Life and 'Urs, Late NineteenthEarly Twentieth Centuries |
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13. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Mctjzub in Colonial India |
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The Transmission of Learning |
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14. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar's Book of One Thousand Questions |
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15. The Taciwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma'il Shahid |
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16. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual |
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17. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century |
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18. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama'at Account of a Mission in India |
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19. A College Girl Gives a Qur'an Lesson in Bangladesh |
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Guidance, Sharia, and Law |
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20. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives |
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21. Guiding the Ruler and Prince |
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22. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim |
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23. Maulana Thanawi's Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children |
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24. Sharr at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India |
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25. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) |
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26. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names |
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27. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath |
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Belonging |
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28. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal |
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29. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to Abd al-Qadir Badayuni |
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30. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari's Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese |
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31. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan |
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32. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 |
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33. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences |
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34. The Indian Jama'at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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