The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
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Main Author: Moin, A. Azfar (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press 2012
Series:South Asia Across the Disciplines
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At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as the messiah reborn. Yet the Mughal emperor was not alone in doing so. In this field-changing study, A. Azfar Moin explores why Muslim sovereigns in this period began to imitate the exalted nature of Sufi saints. Uncovering a startling but widespread phenomenon, he shows how the charismatic pull of sainthood (wilayat)?rather than the draw of relig
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (365 p)
ISBN:9780231504713

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