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Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900
Contributor(s): Metcalf, Barbara D. (Author)
ISBN: 069164179X     ISBN-13: 9780691641799
Publisher: Princeton University Press
OUR PRICE:   $154.85  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Islam - History
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
Dewey: 297.09
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.62 lbs) 402 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Islamic
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power.

Originally published in 1982.

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