Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900

Barbara D. Metcalf

Published by Princeton University Press 1982

Islamic Revival in British India

Deoband, 1860-1900

Barbara D. Metcalf

Volume 778 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400856107

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	x
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Note on Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: The Pattern of Islamic Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The ‘Ulama in Transition
I The ‘Ulama In Transition: The Eighteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
II. The ‘Ulama In Transition: The Early Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
The Deobandi Movement And School
III The Madrasah at Deoband Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
IV The Style of Religious Leadership, I: Muftis and Shaikhs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
V The Style of Religious Leadership, II: Writers and Debaters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
VI The Social Milieu of the Deobandi ‘Ulama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Other Movements of Renewal
VII Alternative Tendencies within Sunni Islam: The Ahl-i Hadis and the Barelwis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
VIII Further Alternatives: Aligarh and Nadwah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Conclusion: New Sects, New Strategies, Old Patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387

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