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Moin, A. Azfar.

The millennial sovereign : sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam / A. Azfar Moin. - New York [N.Y.] : Columbia University Press, c2012. - xv, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9789384092719: Rs.1250.00


Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Islam.
Sovereignty--Religious aspects--Islam.
Muslim saints.

297.272 / AZF/M

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