The millennial sovereign: sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York Chichester
Columbia University Press
c 2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Moin, A. Azfar, The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam] (2016) (Guyer, Benjamin M.)
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| Series/Journal: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mogulreich
/ Islam
/ Sufism
/ Ruler
/ Legitimation
/ History 1500-1700
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| Further subjects: | B
Sovereignty Religious aspects Islam
B Kings and rulers Religious aspects Islam B Muslim Saints B Sovereignty Religious aspects Islam B Kings and rulers Religious aspects Islam B Muslim saints |
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| Summary: | 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 -- The graffiti under the throne |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 343 S., Ill., graph. Darst., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-16036-0 978-0-231-50471-3 0-231-16036-4 0-231-50471-3 |
