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Hajj Across Empires Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739-1857

Hajj Across Empires Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739-1857

$120
Author:Rishad Choudhury
ISBN 13:9781009253703
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2024
Pages:351
Published On:7th February 2024
Subject:Philosophy and Religion/Islam

About the Book

In this highly original and comprehensive study, he reveals how the hajj pilgrimage significantly transformed Muslim political culture and colonial attitudes towards it, creating new ideas of religion and rule. Examining links between the Indian Subcontinent and the Ottoman Middle East through multilingual sources – from first-hand accounts to administrative archives of hajj – Choudhury uncovers a striking array of pilgrims who leveraged their experiences and exchanges abroad to address the decline and decentralization of an Islamic old regime at home. Hajjis crucially mediated the birth of modern Muslim political traditions around South Asia.