Epigraphy and Islamic culture : inscriptions of the early Muslim rulers of Bengal (1205-1494) / Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq.

Author
Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Description
1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, graphs.

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Subject(s)
Series
  • Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 91. [More in this series]
  • Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series ; 91
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
  • 1. Epigraphy as an important source for Islamic history and civilization
  • 2. The diffusion of Islam in Bengal and the articulation of a new order
  • 3. Nature, aesthetic perception and mysticim : spiritual dimensions of the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal
  • 4. Worldly authority and paradisiacal ambition : diversity of titles in the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal
  • 5. Early Islamic inscriptions
  • 6. Inscriptions of the Sultanate period.
ISBN
  • 1-317-58746-4
  • 1-315-74288-8
  • 1-317-58745-6
OCLC
958108180
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315742885
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