Ashraf into middle classes: Muslims in nineteenth-century Delhi

This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they...

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Main Author: Pernau, Margrit 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013
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Summary:This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they began to distinguish themselves not only from commoners but also from the nobility who were held responsible for the disaster of 1857
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199082582
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198092285.001.0001

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