The millennial sovereign : sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam / A. Azfar Moin.

Author
Moin, A. Azfar [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.
Description
xv, 343 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    South Asia across the disciplines [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Islam and the millennium
    • The lord of conjunction: sacrality and sovereignty in the age of Timur
    • The crown of dreams: Sufis and princes in sixteenth-century Iran
    • The alchemical court: the beginnings of the Mughal imperial cult
    • The millennial sovereign: the troubled unveiling of the savior monarch
    • The throne of time: the painted miracles of the saint emperor
    • Conclusion: The graffiti under the throne.
    ISBN
    • 9780231160360 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 0231160364 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • 9780231504713 (e-book)
    • 0231504713 (e-book)
    LCCN
    2012001237
    OCLC
    772715736
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