Islam and the Army in Colonial India - Sepoy Religion in the Service of Empire

Klappentext A study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.This book studies the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Islam and the army in colonial India; 1. Traditions of supernatural warfare; 2. The padre and his miraculous services; 3. Allah's naked rebels; Conclusions.

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• Authors: Nile Green, Nile (University of California Green
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107404632
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40463-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society; Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration