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Socio-Cultural History of Medieval India: Voices from Sufism

Socio-Cultural History of Medieval India: Voices from Sufism

Ayako, Ninomiya

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ISBN10: 9374519755
ISBN13: 9789374519752
Publisher: Manohar Books
Published: Oct 31 2026
Pages: 272
Language: English
Sufism shaped daily life under the Delhi Sultanate, linking social institutions, politics, and pir-murid bonds.

Sufism as a composition of various social and cultural institutions is an important element of everyday life under the Delhi Sultanate, when more and more people started to be involved into its practices. This book deals with the social and cultural aspects of Sufism in India during the thirteenth-fourteenth century in four different dimensions: pir-murid relationships for affiliates, regulations of pir-murid relationships and Sufi organizations, Sufism's relationships with political power, and legends and remnants related to Sufism and Sufi masters. In this book, Persian works on Sufism during the period are read as voices from those who practiced Sufism in their everyday lives. With an ethnomethodological approach and application of concepts from Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice, these voices' provide precious insights into the feelings and mentalities of people in Medieval India, their views on religious beliefs and doctrines, social relationships, authorities, and literary genres that evolved around Sufism.

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