Muslim World in Modern South Asia

Francis Robinson is Professor of the History of South Asia at Royal Holloway, University of London. His many books include Islam and Muslim History in South Asia; The 'Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia; and Islam, South Asia, and the West.

• AcknowledgmentsTransliterationGlossaryIntroduction1. The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance2. Global History from an Islamic Angle3. Education in the Muslim World to the End of the Eighteenth Century4. On How Since 1800 Islamic Societies Have Been Built from Below5. Crisis of Authority: Crisis of Islam?6. Strategies of Authority in Muslim South Asia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries7. Islamic Reform and Modernities in South Asia8. Iranian Influences on South Asia9. South Asia and West Asia from the Delhi Sultanate to the Present: Security, Resources and Influence10. The Memory of Power, Muslim 'Political Importance' and the Muslim League11. The Modern State: Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Globalisation12. What Ralph Russell Meant and Means to Me13. Love on the Roof14. Hunting the Tiger15. The Garden of the Eight Paradises16. Uses for Grass17. The Muslim Commander Bond18. Aromatherapy19. Love of Mahal20. Cosmopolis of a Shared Worldview21. In Reverse22. Women, Leadership, and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic AuthorityIndex

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