Shadow Of The Sultan S Realm
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Traditional Malay Monarchy
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Author : Haji Awg Asbol bin Haji Mail
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-19
Traditional Malay Monarchy written by Haji Awg Asbol bin Haji Mail and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-19 with Social Science categories.
This remarkable book brings to an English-speaking audience detailed scholarship originally conceived and written in the Malay language and with a Malay perspective. It examines the nature of monarchy in the Malay world, which includes present-day Malaysia and Indonesia, before and during the onset of Western colonialism when the Malay world was ruled by a large number of separate Muslim sultanates. It highlights that monarchs were the highest authority in the social, political, legal and economic system, rather than the government of a clearly defined territory; the notion of Dewaraja (god-king) and what a model monarch’s attributes should be; and how the monarch’s role related to Islamic principles, including the Islamic ideal of the Caliph of God meting out fair judgement and punishment. Two prominent and pivotal concepts of traditional Malay society, that of daulat (sovereignty) and derhaka (disloyalty) are here analysed and evaluated against the background of the period of absolute monarchy. Moreover, this volume also discusses the parts played by leading ministers and viziers, who often exercised enormous power, explores the role of monarchs in managing and regulating economic activity, and outlines differences between the different sultanates.
The Empires Of The Near East And India
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Author : Hani Khafipour
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-14
The Empires Of The Near East And India written by Hani Khafipour and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with History categories.
In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region’s early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation.
God S Shadow Sultan Selim His Ottoman Empire And The Making Of The Modern World
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Author : Alan Mikhail
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2020-08-18
God S Shadow Sultan Selim His Ottoman Empire And The Making Of The Modern World written by Alan Mikhail and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with History categories.
An “arresting” (New York Times Book Review) revisionist history demonstrating how Islam and the Ottoman Empire made our modern world. The history of the Ottoman Empire—once the most powerful state on earth, ruling over more territory and people than any other world power—has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and suppressed in the West. With this “original and wide-ranging” (Wall Street Journal) global history, Alan Mikhail vitally recasts the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470–1520). Drawing on previously unexamined sources, and upending prevailing shibboleths about Islamic history and jingoistic “rise of the West” theories, Mikhail’s game-changing account radically transforms our understanding of the importance of Selim’s Ottoman Empire in the annals of the modern world.
Turkish Sultans
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Author : Orin Brightfield
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-03-20
Turkish Sultans written by Orin Brightfield and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-20 with History categories.
Turkish Sultans explores the ascent of the Ottoman dynasty from humble origins to rulers of a vast empire, examining their enduring impact on Middle Eastern and European history. The book delves into how these sultans navigated complex challenges, both internal and external, to maintain and expand their power, influencing geopolitical dynamics for centuries. Their administrative innovations, such as adapting governance to diverse populations, were crucial to their success, demonstrating that imperial power extended beyond military might. The book meticulously traces the Ottoman Sultanate's journey, beginning with its nomadic Turkic roots and culminating in its complex state structure and expansionist policies. Highlighting critical periods, including the reigns of Mehmed the Conqueror and Suleiman the Magnificent, the narrative emphasizes the sultans' strategies for managing a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Drawing from Ottoman archival documents, the book provides a balanced perspective, acknowledging both the achievements and shortcomings of the sultans, including controversies surrounding minority treatment and the use of violence. Structured in three parts, Turkish Sultans first introduces the dynasty's origins, then examines the key institutions of the Ottoman state like the military and bureaucracy, and finally investigates the sultans' foreign policy and shifts in geopolitical influence. Concluding with an assessment of the sultans' legacy, the book offers valuable insights into Ottoman identity, governance, and cultural influence, making it an essential resource for understanding the historical roots of contemporary issues in the Middle East.
Rebel Sultans The Deccan From Khilji To Shivaji
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Author : Manu S Pillai
language : en
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Release Date : 2018
Rebel Sultans The Deccan From Khilji To Shivaji written by Manu S Pillai and has been published by Juggernaut Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Kings And Dervishes
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Author : Said Amir Arjomand
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2025-03-11
Kings And Dervishes written by Said Amir Arjomand and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-11 with History categories.
Saïd Amir Arjomand's Kings and Dervishes is a pioneering study of the emergence and development of Sufism during the formation of the Persianate world. Whereas Sufi doctrine was expressed in the New Persian language, its social organization was detached from the civic movement among the urban craftsmen and artisans known as the fotovva(t) and was politically shaped by multiple forces—first by the revival of Persian kingship, and then by the emergence of the Turko-Mongolian empires. The intermingling of Sufism's developmental path with the transformation of the Persianate political regimes resulted in the progressive appropriation of royal symbols by the Sufi shaykhs. The original Sufi world renunciation gave way first to world accommodation and the medieval love mysticism of Jalāl al-Din Rumi and Hāfez of Shiraz, and then to world domination. This comprehensive work of historical sociology traces these spiritual and political evolutions over the course of some six centuries, showing how the Sufi saints' symbolic sovereignty was eventually made real in the imperial kingship of the Persianate world's early modern empires.
The Politics Of Knowledge In Premodern Islam
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Author : Omid Safi
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Politics Of Knowledge In Premodern Islam written by Omid Safi and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
The eleventh and twelfth centuries comprised a period of great significance in Islamic history. The Great Saljuqs, a Turkish-speaking tribe hailing from central Asia, ruled the eastern half of the Islamic world for a great portion of that time. In a far-r
Muslim Rule In Medieval India
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Author : Fouzia Farooq Ahmed
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-09-27
Muslim Rule In Medieval India written by Fouzia Farooq Ahmed and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with History categories.
The Delhi Sultanate ruled northern India for over three centuries. The era, marked by the desecration of temples and construction of mosques from temple-rubble, is for many South Asians a lightning rod for debates on communalism, religious identity and inter-faith conflict. Using Persian and Arabic manuscripts, epigraphs and inscriptions, Fouzia Farooq Ahmad demystifies key aspects of governance and religion in this complex and controversial period. Why were small sets of foreign invaders and administrators able to dominate despite the cultural, linguistic and religious divides separating them from the ruled? And to what extent did people comply with the authority of sultans they knew very little about? By focusing for the first time on the relationship between the sultans, the bureaucracy and the ruled Muslim Rule in Medieval India outlines the practical dynamics of medieval Muslim political culture and its reception. This approach shows categorically that sultans did not possess meaningful political authority among the masses, and that their symbols of legitimacy were merely post hoc socio-cultural embellishments.Ahmad's thoroughly researched revisionist account is essential reading for all students and researchers working on the history of South Asia from the medieval period to the present day.
Shadows Of Empire
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Author : Laurie Jo Sears
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1996
Shadows Of Empire written by Laurie Jo Sears and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions. Charting the shifting boundaries between myth and history in Javanese Mahabharata and Ramayana tales, Laurie J. Sears reveals what happens when these stories move from village performances and palace manuscripts into colonial texts and nationalist journals and, most recently, comic books and novels. Historical, anthropological, and literary in its method and insight, this work offers a dramatic reassessment of both Javanese literary/theatrical production and Dutch scholarship on Southeast Asia. Though Javanese shadow theater (wayang) has existed for hundreds of years, our knowledge of its history, performance practice, and role in Javanese society only begins with Dutch documentation and interpretation in the nineteenth century. Analyzing the Mahabharata and Ramayana tales in relation to court poetry, Islamic faith, Dutch scholarship, and nationalist journals, Sears shows how the shadow theater as we know it today must be understood as a hybrid of Javanese and Dutch ideas and interests, inseparable from a particular colonial moment. In doing so, she contributes to a re-envisioning of European histories that acknowledges the influence of Asian, African, and New World cultures on European thought--and to a rewriting of colonial and postcolonial Javanese histories that questions the boundaries and content of history and story, myth and allegory, colonialism and culture. Shadows of Empire will appeal not only to specialists in Javanese culture and historians of Indonesia, but also to a wide range of scholars in the areas of performance and literature, anthropology, Southeast Asian studies, and postcolonial studies.
Political Theology And Islam
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Author : Paul L. Heck
language : en
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Release Date : 2023-11-15
Political Theology And Islam written by Paul L. Heck and has been published by University of Notre Dame Pess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-15 with Religion categories.
Paul L. Heck’s Political Theology and Islam offers a sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of sovereignty in Islamic society, beginning with the origins of Islam and extending to the present. This wide-ranging study sets out to answer an unassumingly tricky question: What is politics in Islam? Paul L. Heck’s answer takes the form of a close analysis of sovereignty across Islamic history, approaching this concept from the perspective of political theology. As he illustrates, the history of politics in Islam is best understood as an ongoing struggle for a moral order between those who occupy positions of rulership and religious voices that communicate the ethics of Islam and educate the public in their religious and moral devotions. In this sense, sovereignty in Islam is split between ruling powers and pious communities, whose interactions range from close cooperation to outright competition. Heck shows that it is precisely through these interactions that Islamic conceptions of sovereignty are constructed and negotiated. Political Theology and Islam’s first section spells out the concepts and methods for the study of politics in Islam as a struggle for a moral order, one not only involving varied claims to sovereignty but also a general determination to realize the righteousness of Islam that stands at the heart of the message that the Prophet Muhammad conveyed to his society in seventh-century Arabia. The following sections demonstrate, through examples from both the past and today’s worldwide Muslim community, the diverse ways in which the umma, the community of Muslims, has struggled for a moral order that recalls its prophetic message. Deftly moving in various political theaters and through a wide range of intellectual traditions, Heck’s book will emerge as a touchstone of scholarship in the field of Muslim politics and intellectual thought.