Hajj Across Empires - Pilgrimage and Political Culture After the Mughals, 17391857

A highly original new history of Muslim political culture across the Indian Ocean from 1739 to 1857. Examining South Asian connections with the Middle East, Rishad Choudhury draws on research in multilingual sources and archives to reveal the imperial entanglements of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

List of contents

Introduction. Hajj in the Crisis of Empire; Part I. Departures: experiences and exchanges in the indian ocean: 1. Pilgrim passages; 2. The Hajj bazaar economy; Part II crossings: ideologies and institutions across empires; 3. The ¿Ulama on Hajj; 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj; Part III Returns: states between home and the Haramain: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis; 6. Routes of the Muslim state; 7. Faqirs and fanatics, or, reconfiguring pilgrimage and political culture ; Conclusion: the Hajj and the ends of the Mughal world; Index.

About the author

Rishad Choudhury is Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College.

Product details

• Authors: Rishad Choudhury, Rishad (Oberlin College Choudhury
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009253666
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0925366-6
• No. of pages: 375
• Series: Asian Connections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Middle East, South East Asia, Historiography, Asian History, Religion and Politics, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, c 1850 to c 1859, c 1700 to c 1760 (Jacobite period), HISTORY / Asia / South / General