Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900 (Princeton Legacy Library, 778) - Hardcover

Metcalf, Barbara D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 069164179X ISBN 13: 9780691641799

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power.

Originally published in 1982.

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About this title

About the Author:

Barbara D. Metcalf is Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Davis. Her publications include Islamic Revival in British India (1982) and Islamic Contestations: Essays on Muslims in India and Pakistan (2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 069164179X
• ISBN 13: 9780691641799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402