Islamic Revival in British India - Deoband, 1860-1900

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.

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Barbara D. Metcalf

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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

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"Outstanding studies . . . . Metcalf looks into the emergence, proliferation, and responses of the Deobandi Ulama to "modernity" when Muslim power in India was declining."---Md Anisur Rahman, Daily Star

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Metcalf, Barbara D. Metcalf
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691614137
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61413-7
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, 20th Century, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Islamic Theology, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice