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Islam and the Victorians: Nineteenth Century Perceptions of Muslim Practices and Beliefs

Islam and the Victorians: Nineteenth Century Perceptions of Muslim Practices and Beliefs

Khattak, Shahin Kuli Khan

Hardcover

Series: Library of Middle East History

IslamGeneral SociologyBritish History

ISBN10: 1845114299
ISBN13: 9781845114299
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Feb 1 2008
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.66
Language: English
How did the Victorians perceive Muslims in the British Empire and beyond? How were these perceptions propagated by historians and scholars, poets, dramatists and fiction writers of the period? For the first time, Shahin Kuli Khan Khattak brings to life Victorian Britain's conceptions and misconceptions of the Muslim World using a thorough investigation of varied cultural sources of the period. She discovers the prevailing representation of Muslims and Islam in the two major spheres of British influence - India and the Ottoman Empire - was reinforced by reoccurring themes: through literature and entertainment the public saw 'the Mahomedan' as the 'noble savage', a perception reinforced through travel writing and fiction of the 'exotic east' and the 'Arabian Nights'. Islam and the Victorians will be an important contribution to understanding the apprehensions and misapprehensions about Islam in the nineteenth century, providing a fascinating historical backdrop to many of today's concerns.

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