The Millennial Sovereign :Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam - South Asia Across the Disciplines
The Millennial Sovereign :Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam - South Asia Across the Disciplines
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Published:
26 October, 2012
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Prizes
Winner of Best First Book in the History of Religions, American Academy of Religion 2013,Winner of John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History, American Historical Association 2013,Commended for Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies 2014
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780231160360 |
| ISBN10 | 0231160364 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Columbia University Press |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
This is a brilliant book. It is the most innovative contribution to our understanding of Mughal history in my time. As a work of the first importance, and a step change in our knowledge of sixteenth-century India, it must be read by anyone interested in the fields of Islamic kingship, millenarianism, and astrology in the Muslim world and the early-modern world in general. -- Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London Moin deserves the highest praise for venturing into this contested terrain and writing a most interesting book about it. -- Andre Wink American Historical Review he has thrown an entirely new light on how early monarchs of India's greatest dynastic house asserted their claims to royal authority. His book should be read not just by historians of South Asia but equally by those of Central Asia and Iran, as well as by specialists in Islamic studies. -- Richard M. Eaton Journal of Interdisciplinary History In this unusually well written and elegantly carpentered book-he has a rare gift for building argument through narrative-Moin has delivered a major contribution to both Islamic history and the scholarship of sacred kingship. -- Alan Strathern History and Theory Moin outlines a formidable challenge to the conventional narratives of Mughal and, to a lesser extent, Safavid history that is likely to surprise even specialists... A valuable contribution to the field that ought to compel scholars to reevaluate key assumptions regarding kingship and sainthood in Mughal India. International Journal of Middle East Studies Too seldom does a plodding dissertation become transformed into an elegant monograph. This 2010 dissertation is the rare, and welcome, exception... The author has conducted deep archival research with an accent on visual history and astrology... The Millennial Sovereign does deliver on its promise. Journal of Islamic Studies A delightful study that seeks to provide early modern Islamic historical scholarship with a new model to conceive of politics in the pre-modern era... Rich Review of Middle East Studies A fine volume that will enrich the libraries of both scholars of Islam and scholars of early modern Europe. The Sixteenth Century Journal
Author's Bio
A. Azfar Moin is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin.