Saiyid Ahmad Shahid

Saiyid Ahmad Shahid
Author: Mohiuddin Ahmad
Publisher: Lucknow : Academy of Islamic Research and Publications
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1975
Genre: Islam
ISBN:

On the life and mission of an Indian Muslim religiosocial reformer, Sayyid Ahmad, 1786-1831.

A Muslim Conspiracy in British India?

A Muslim Conspiracy in British India?
Author: Chandra Mallampalli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108171303

As the British prepared for war in Afghanistan in 1839, rumors spread of a Muslim conspiracy based in India's Deccan region. Colonial officials were convinced that itinerant preachers of jihad - whom they labelled 'Wahhabis' - were collaborating with Russian and Persian armies, and inspiring Muslim princes to revolt. Officials detained and interrogated Muslim travelers, conducted weapons inspections at princely forts, surveyed mosques, and ultimately annexed territories of the accused. Using untapped archival materials, Chandra Mallampalli describes how local intrigues, often having little to do with 'religion', manufactured belief in a global conspiracy against British rule. By skillfully narrating stories of the alleged conspirators, he shows how fears of the dreaded 'Wahhabi' sometimes prompted colonial authorities to act upon thin evidence, while also inspiring Muslim plots against princes not of their liking. At stake were not only questions about Muslim loyalty, but also the very ideals of a liberal empire.

The Wahhabi Movement in India

The Wahhabi Movement in India
Author: Qeyamuddin Ahmad
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2020-03-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000082067

Founded by Sayyid Ahmad (1786-1831) of Rae Bareli, the Wahhabi Movement in India was a vigorous movement for socio-religious reforms in Indo-Islamic society in the nineteenth century with strong political undercurrents. It stood for a strong affirmation of Tauhid (unity of God), the efficacy of ijtihad (the right of further interpretation of the Quran and the Sunnah, or of forming a new opinion by applying analogy) and the rejection of bid'at (innovation). It remained active for half a century. Sayyid Ahmad's writings show an awareness of the increasing British presence in the country and he regarded British India as a daru'l harb (abode of war). In 1826 he migrated and established an operational base in the independent tribal belt of the North Western Frontier area. After his death in the battle of Balakote, the Movement slackened for some time but his adherents particularly Wilayet Ali and Enayat Ali of Patna revived the work and broad-based its activities. The climax of the Movement was reached in the Ambeyla War (1863) during which the English army suffered serious losses at the hands of the Wahhabis. This led the Government to take stern measures to suppress the Movement. Investigations were launched, the leaders were arrested and sentenced to long-term imprisonments and their properties confiscated. That broke the back of the Movement but it continued to be a potential source of trouble to the government. The Movement does not fit in neatly in any one of the groups and categories into which the history of the early resistance to British rule has been divided by some of the writers on the subject. It cut across some of them time-wise and theme-wise. The existing studies on the subject do not offer a comprehensive profile of the Movement and fail to analyse its nature and the reasons for its failure politically. This well researched study drawing on a vast array of contemporary records, many of them for the first time, seeks to fill this gap and presents an integrated account of the rise and growth of the Movement, its operation over the entire area and period of its existence, its impact and reasons for its failure. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Hajj across Empires

Hajj across Empires
Author: Rishad Choudhury
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009253719

A highly original new history of Muslim political culture across the Indian Ocean from 1739 to 1857. Examining South Asian connections with the Middle East, Rishad Choudhury draws on research in multilingual sources and archives to reveal the imperial entanglements of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire
Author: Seema Alavi
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674735331

Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century.

The Mughals and the Sufis

The Mughals and the Sufis
Author: Muzaffar Alam
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1438484909

Based on a critical study of a large number of contemporary Persian texts, court chronicles, epistolary collections, and biographies of sufi mystics, The Mughals and the Sufis examines the complexities in the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centered around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality. Muzaffar Alam analyses the interplay of these elements, their negotiation and struggle for resolution via conflict and coordination, and their longer-term outcomes as the empire followed its own political and cultural trajectory as it shifted from the more liberal outlook of Emperor Akbar "The Great" (r. 1556–1605) to the more rigid attitudes of his great-grandson, Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (r. 1658–1701). Alam brings to light many new and underutilized sources relevant to the religious and cultural history of the Mughals and reinterprets well-known sources from a new perspective to provide one of the most detailed and nuanced portraits of Indian Islam under the Mughal Empire available today.

Martyrdom in Islam

Martyrdom in Islam
Author: David Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2007-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521850401

A fascinating history of the role of martyrdom in the Muslim faith.

The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam

The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam
Author: Rachida Chih
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004466754

This second collective volume of the series The Presence of the Prophet explores the growing importance of the figure of the Prophet Muhammad for questions of authority and power in early modern and modern times. The authors provide a rich collection of case studies on how Muhammad’s material, spiritual, and genealogical heritage has been claimed for the foundation of Muslim empires, revolutionary movements, the formation of modern nation states and ideologies, as well as for communal mobilization and social reform. This novel comparative, and diachronic study, which is unique for its wide coverage of regional cases and perspectives, reveals diverse political representations of the Prophet in an increasingly globalised struggle over the control of his image between secularization and sacralization. Contributors Gianfranco Bria, Rachida Chih, Christoph Günther, Gottfried Hagen, Jan-Peter Hartung, David Jordan, Soraya Khodamoradi, Jamal Malik, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Alix Philippon, Martin Riexinger, Stefan Reichmuth, Dilek Sarmis, Renaud Soler, Jaafar Ben El Haj Soulami, Florian Zemmin.

Islamic Revival in British India

Islamic Revival in British India
Author: Barbara D. Metcalf
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400856108

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 make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Reading in Indian History

Reading in Indian History
Author: Mohammad Yasin
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distri
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1988
Genre: India
ISBN:

This Book Contains Five Essays And One Monograph On Medieval And Modern Indian History. The Essay On 'Ibn Khaldun' Formulates His Conception Of History, Which Was The Earliest Attempt Made By Any Historian To Discover A Pattern In The Changes That Occur In Man'S Political And Social Organisation. The Next On 'Al-Biruni' Brings Out The Contributions Of The First Scientific Indologist. The Third On 'The Sufi Silsilas' Is A Critical Appreciation Of The Various Religious Orders As Developed In India. The Fourth On 'Islamic Architecture' Is A Graphic Account Of The Evolution And Culmination Of The Style Of Indo-Islamic Architecture. The Monograph On 'Sayyid Ahmad Shahid' Is Based On Yet Unex¬Plored Sources Of Information. It Presents A Scientific Portrayal Of The Mission And Movement Of Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, And Highlights The Evolution Of Two-Nation Theory. The Fifth Paper Is An Interesting Refreshing Portrayal Of The Different Sects In Islam Particularly Among The Indian Muslims.