Kashmir's Transition To Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (15th to 18th Centuries)
Language: English
Published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2002
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- Title
- Kashmir's Transition To Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (15th to 18th Centuries)
- Author
- Khan, M. Ishaq
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 8173041997
- ISBN 13
- 9788173041990
- Item weight
- 14 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8x5x0
Pages: 314 (8 B/W Illustrations)
About the Book
The book breaks fresh ground in historical research. Based on a critical and empathic understanding of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and Kashmiri sources, it provides a critique of Orientalist scholarship against the background of an historical enquiry conducted into the processes of Islamization and its dynamics in relation to the role of Muslim Rishis (Kashmiri Sufis).
Professor Ishaq Khan has brought together a number of perspectives- the historical, the sociological, and the religious. The crux of his argument is that Islam is not merely a matter of theological propositions, but also a historical realization: realizing the Oneness of Allah by total surrender, dedication, service and above all self- sacrifice for the good of humankind.
The Rishi movement is an integral component of the process of Islamization that started in the picturesque Valley in the wake of the introduction of Sufi orders from Central Asia and Persia in the fourteenth century. The author particularly focuses on the paradox and tension that the Kashmiri Brahmanic society experienced as a result of the Rishi’s advocacy of virtues such as self- imposed poverty, identification with the poor and the down- trodden, and above all opposition to the caste system.
A significant feature of the book is a perceptive analysis of legends and miracles associated with Muslim Rishis.
The author advocates the idea of looking at history from a fresh point of view, and argues in favour of studying the history of human civilization in its totality, involving an interaction between religion and society. The author has shown that the history of human civilization cannot be studied in watertight compartments of matter and faith. The present w
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