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; Ziya' al-Din Barani and al-Din Siraj 'Afif; 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.
2010-02-01 .0 x .0 x .0l; .0 #File Name: 1847914578450 pages
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