The Resource The Millennial Sovereign : Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
The Millennial Sovereign : Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
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- Summary
- At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as the messiah reborn. Yet the Mughal emperor was not alone in doing so. In this field-changing study, A. Azfar Moin explores why Muslim sovereigns in this period began to imitate the exalted nature of Sufi saints. Uncovering a startling but widespread phenomenon, he shows how the charismatic pull of sainthood (wilayat)?rather than the draw of
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Contents
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- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Note on Transliteration; 1. INTRODUCTION: ISLAM AND THE MILLENNIUM; 2. THE LORD OF CONJUNCTION: SACRALITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AGE OF TIMUR; 3. THE CROWN OF DREAMS: SUFIS AND PRINCES IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRAN; 4. THE ALCHEMICAL COURT: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MUGHAL IMPERIAL CULT; 5. THE MILLENNIAL SOVEREIGN: THE TROUBLED UNVEILING OF THE SAVIOR MONARCH; 6. THE THRONE OF TIME: THE PAINTED MIRACLES OF THE SAINT EMPEROR; 7. CONCLUSION: THE GRAFFITI UNDER THE THRONE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Isbn
- 9781322550671
- Label
- The Millennial Sovereign : Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
- Title
- The Millennial Sovereign
- Title remainder
- Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as the messiah reborn. Yet the Mughal emperor was not alone in doing so. In this field-changing study, A. Azfar Moin explores why Muslim sovereigns in this period began to imitate the exalted nature of Sufi saints. Uncovering a startling but widespread phenomenon, he shows how the charismatic pull of sainthood (wilayat)?rather than the draw of
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moin, A. Azfar
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- South Asia Across the Disciplines
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kings and rulers
- Sovereignty
- Muslim saints
- RELIGION
- Kings and rulers
- Muslim saints
- Sovereignty
- Label
- The Millennial Sovereign : Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Note on Transliteration; 1. INTRODUCTION: ISLAM AND THE MILLENNIUM; 2. THE LORD OF CONJUNCTION: SACRALITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AGE OF TIMUR; 3. THE CROWN OF DREAMS: SUFIS AND PRINCES IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRAN; 4. THE ALCHEMICAL COURT: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MUGHAL IMPERIAL CULT; 5. THE MILLENNIAL SOVEREIGN: THE TROUBLED UNVEILING OF THE SAVIOR MONARCH; 6. THE THRONE OF TIME: THE PAINTED MIRACLES OF THE SAINT EMPEROR; 7. CONCLUSION: THE GRAFFITI UNDER THE THRONE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn818814875
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781322550671
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/moin16036
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt3cksr3
- 18ffb309-50f7-45c3-a56c-7792238c6ef1
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818814875
- Label
- The Millennial Sovereign : Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Note on Transliteration; 1. INTRODUCTION: ISLAM AND THE MILLENNIUM; 2. THE LORD OF CONJUNCTION: SACRALITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AGE OF TIMUR; 3. THE CROWN OF DREAMS: SUFIS AND PRINCES IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRAN; 4. THE ALCHEMICAL COURT: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MUGHAL IMPERIAL CULT; 5. THE MILLENNIAL SOVEREIGN: THE TROUBLED UNVEILING OF THE SAVIOR MONARCH; 6. THE THRONE OF TIME: THE PAINTED MIRACLES OF THE SAINT EMPEROR; 7. CONCLUSION: THE GRAFFITI UNDER THE THRONE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn818814875
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781322550671
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/moin16036
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt3cksr3
- 18ffb309-50f7-45c3-a56c-7792238c6ef1
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818814875
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