Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900
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Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900
By (Author) Barbara D. Metcalf
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Theology
Islamic life and practice
297.09542
Physical Properties
Paperback
402
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
539g
Description
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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
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"Outstanding studies . . . . Metcalf looks into the emergence, proliferation, and responses of the Deobandi Ulama to "modernity" when Muslim power in India was declining."---Md Anisur Rahman, Daily Star
