- Title Pages
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
-
1 Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Islamisation -
2 Global Patterns of Ruler Conversion to Islam and the Logic of Empirical Religiosity* -
3 Conversion out of Personal Principle: ʿAli b. Rabban al-Tabari (d. c. 860) and ʿAbdallah al-Tarjuman (D. C. 1430), Two Converts from Christianity to Islam -
4 The Conversion Curve Revisited -
5 What Did Conversion to Islam Mean in Seventh-Century Arabia? -
6 Zoroastrian Fire Temples and the Islamisation of Sacred Space in Early Islamic Iran -
7 ‘There Is No God But God’: Islamisation And Religious Code-Switching, Eighth to Tenth Centuries -
8 Islamisation in Medieval Anatolia* -
9 Islamisation in the Southern Levant after the End of Frankish Rule: Some General Considerations and a Short Case Study* -
10 Conversion of the Berbers to Islam/Islamisation of the Berbers -
11 The Islamisation of Al-Andalus: Recent Studies and Debates* -
12 The Oromo and the Historical Process of Islamisation in Ethiopia -
13 The Archaeology of Islamisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study -
14 The Islamisation of Ottoman Bosnia: Myths and Matters* -
15 From Shahāda to ʿAqīda: Conversion to Islam, Catechisation and Sunnitisation in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumeli -
16 Islamisation on the Iranian Periphery: Nasir-i Khusraw and Ismailism in Badakhshan -
17 Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi as an Islamising Saint: Rethinking the Role of Sufis in the Islamisation of the Turks of Central Asia -
18 The Role of the Domestic Sphere in the Islamisation of the Mongols* -
19 Reconsidering ‘Conversion to Islam’ in Indian History* -
20 Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia -
21 China and the Rise of Islam on Java -
22 The Story of Yusuf and Indonesia’s Islamisation: A Work Of Literature Plus -
23 Persian Kings, Arab Conquerors and Malay Islam: Comparative Perspectives on the Place of Muslim Epics in the Islamisation of the Chams -
24 Islamisation and Sinicisation: Inversions, Reversions and Alternate Versions of Islam in China - Index
Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia
Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia
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- (p.393) 20 Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia
- Source:
- Islamisation
- Author(s):
Blain Auer
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter explores the success of the Persian language and Persianate courtly culture in South Asia during the important two centuries 1200–1400 in the early Delhi courts. It was at the very end of the twelfth century, in 1192, that Qutb al-Din Aybeg (r. 1206–10), a commander of the Islamic Ghurid empire that originated from northern Afghanistan, captured Delhi, an important city within the realm of the Chauhan kings. Following the death of his Ghurid sultan, Muʿizz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam (r. 1173–1206), the former realms of the Ghurid empire centred in Ghazna were divided up and Qutb al-Din Aybeg took control of Delhi and Lahore, which had served as a southern capital of the Ghaznavid kingdom at the heart of the Punjab region. His successor, Shams al-Din Iltutmish (r. 1211–36), established the Shamsi dynasty, choosing Delhi as his capital. It was the first time in history that an Islamic kingdom with an enduring presence was firmly established in northern India with access throughout the Ganga-Yamuna region, as well as to the south in the Deccan
Keywords: Persian, South Asia, Delhi, Islam, Cultur
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- Title Pages
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
-
1 Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Islamisation -
2 Global Patterns of Ruler Conversion to Islam and the Logic of Empirical Religiosity* -
3 Conversion out of Personal Principle: ʿAli b. Rabban al-Tabari (d. c. 860) and ʿAbdallah al-Tarjuman (D. C. 1430), Two Converts from Christianity to Islam -
4 The Conversion Curve Revisited -
5 What Did Conversion to Islam Mean in Seventh-Century Arabia? -
6 Zoroastrian Fire Temples and the Islamisation of Sacred Space in Early Islamic Iran -
7 ‘There Is No God But God’: Islamisation And Religious Code-Switching, Eighth to Tenth Centuries -
8 Islamisation in Medieval Anatolia* -
9 Islamisation in the Southern Levant after the End of Frankish Rule: Some General Considerations and a Short Case Study* -
10 Conversion of the Berbers to Islam/Islamisation of the Berbers -
11 The Islamisation of Al-Andalus: Recent Studies and Debates* -
12 The Oromo and the Historical Process of Islamisation in Ethiopia -
13 The Archaeology of Islamisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study -
14 The Islamisation of Ottoman Bosnia: Myths and Matters* -
15 From Shahāda to ʿAqīda: Conversion to Islam, Catechisation and Sunnitisation in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Rumeli -
16 Islamisation on the Iranian Periphery: Nasir-i Khusraw and Ismailism in Badakhshan -
17 Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi as an Islamising Saint: Rethinking the Role of Sufis in the Islamisation of the Turks of Central Asia -
18 The Role of the Domestic Sphere in the Islamisation of the Mongols* -
19 Reconsidering ‘Conversion to Islam’ in Indian History* -
20 Civilising the Savage: Myth, History and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia -
21 China and the Rise of Islam on Java -
22 The Story of Yusuf and Indonesia’s Islamisation: A Work Of Literature Plus -
23 Persian Kings, Arab Conquerors and Malay Islam: Comparative Perspectives on the Place of Muslim Epics in the Islamisation of the Chams -
24 Islamisation and Sinicisation: Inversions, Reversions and Alternate Versions of Islam in China - Index
