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PIETY AND POLITICS IN THE EARLY INDIAN MOSQUE
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| By: |
Finbarr Barry Flood |
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Hardback |
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195695127 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195695120 |
| Publisher: |
OUP INDIA |
| Pub. date: |
23 October, 2008 |
| Series: |
Debates in Indian History |
| Pages: |
342 |
| Description: |
Through a study of the mosques and their interpretative histories at different periods of time, this volume shows the link between past and present. It documents the continuities and ruptures of different early medieval regional rules and the Ghurid state that are reflected in the architectural traditions of the time. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume focuses on a series of mosques constructed after north-west India came under the political control of the Ghurid sultanate of Afghanistan in the 1190s. The most famous of the group is the Qutb Mosque in Delhi. The book explores the complex relationship between pre-modern architecture, history, and modern historiography. It brings together divergent voices that have enriched nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarship on some of the earliest surviving mosques in South Asia. Piety and Politics analyses the different traditions that contributed to the development of the earliest mosques in South Asia. It examines the evidence that architecture offers for cultural exchange, identity formation, and political polemics in the Ghurid and early Delhi sultanates in order to understand the context of contemporary debates, memories, and perceptions related to the mosques that form the subject of the volume. Presenting a range of perspectives on the meaning of pre-modern monuments, it contributes to broader debates on the nature of modern historical writing.The collection includes writings on the beginnings of mosque architecture in South Asia(Alka Patel); the socio-political milieu of these structures (Andre Wink and Richard M. Eaton); controversies concerning the origins of the Qutb Mosque and Qutb Minar (Alexander Cunningham and J.D. Beglar); continuities and innovations in early Rajasthani mosques (Michael Meister and Robert Hillenbrand); and recent approaches to interpreting the Qutb complex in Delhi by Mohammad Mujeeb, Fritz Lehmann, Sunil Kumar, Anthony Welch, Hussein Keshani, and Alexandra Bain. Highlighting both continuities and ruptures in the architectural traditions of the period, Finbarr Barry Flood's introduction constructs a socio-political context for the various academic positions represented in the volume. Flood underlines the need for multiple narratives and variant readings of the monuments. Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this reader will interest scholars, teachers, and students of medieval Indian history particularly those concerned with Islam, medieval Indian history, and Indian and Islamic architecture. |
| Illustrations: |
21 halftone plates |
| Publication: |
India |
| Imprint: |
OUP India |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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