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Author(s): Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq
ISBN(s): 9781317587460, 1317587464
Edition: 1
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Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1317587464 
ISBN 13: 9781317587460
Author: Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq

Architectural inscriptions are a fascinating aspect of Islamic cultural heritage because of their rich and diverse historical contents and artistic merits. These inscriptions help us understand the advent of Islam and its gradual diffusion in Bengal, which eventually resulted in a Muslim majority region, making the Bengali Muslims the second largest linguistic group in the Islamic world. This book is an interpretive study of the Arabic and Persian epigraphic texts of Bengal in the wider context of a rich epigraphic tradition in the Islamic world. While focusing on previously untapped sources, it takes a fresh look into the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal and examines the inner dynamics of the social, intellectual and religious transformations of this eastern region of South Asia. It explores many new inscriptions including Persian epigraphs that appeared immediately after the Muslim conquest of Bengal indicating an early introduction of Persian language in the region through a cultural interaction with Khurasan and Central Asia. In addition to deciphering and editing the epigraphic texts, the information derived from them has been analyzed to construct the political, administrative, social, religious and cultural scenario of the period. The first survey of the Muslim inscriptions in India ever to be attempted on this scale, the book reveals the significance of epigraphy as a source for Islamic history and culture. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Studies, Asian History and Islamic Studies.

Epigraphy and Islamic Culture Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal 1205 1494 1st Table of contents:

1. Epigraphy as an Important Source for Islamic History and Civilization

    epigraphy in islamic tradition
    use of inscriptions in islamic architecture
    emergence of islamic epigraphy
    importance of islamic epigraphy
    thematic variety of islamic inscriptions
    use of inscriptions as legal deeds
    globalization and cultural continuity of the islamic world: comparison of some inscriptions of bengal with those of andalusia
    diversity of materials and features in bengal inscriptions
    comparison of islamic inscriptions with sanskrit inscriptions in bengal
    some conclusive remarks

2. The Diffusion of Islam in Bengal and the Articulation of a New Order

    the land
    the advent of islam and the bengal hinterland
    merchants and the faith: early islamic contacts with bengal
    the muslim conquest of bengal and the beginning of islamic consolidation
    the emergence of the independent sultanate and the spread of islamic culture
    from syncretistic tradition to islamic reassertion: the mighty mughals and the british raj
    royalty and ruling establishment
    commerce and maritime activities
    mosques: the nucleus of islamic society
    the role of ‘ulamā’ and madrasas in the transmission of knowledge

3. Nature, Aesthetic Perception and Mysticism: Spiritual Dimensions of the Islamic Inscriptions of Bengal

4. Worldly Authority and Paradisiacal Ambition: Diversity of Titles in the Islamic Inscriptions of Bengal

    titles in islamic culture and their historical importance

5. Early Islamic Inscriptions

    inscriptions of the khaljī chiefs
    inscriptions of the early rulers appointed by the delhi sultans
    inscriptions of the balbanī rulers

6. Inscriptions of the Sultanate Period

    inscriptions of the early ilyās shāhī rulers
    inscriptions of the indigenous bengali sulṭāns (sulṭān jalāl al-dīn muḥammad shāh and his son)
    inscriptions of the later ilyās shāhī rulers (the restored dynasty)
    inscriptions of the so-called ḥabashī rulers of abyssinian origin

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