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The Sufi Shaikh as a source of authority in mediaeval India

Year: 1986

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This paper attempts a preliminary examination of the processes by which the authority of Sufi Shaikhs, and particularly the authority of a previously rather obscure lineage of Sufi Shaikhs originating from Chisht in (modern) western Afghanistan, was built up and exercised, in a vast new area added by military conquests to the dār al-islām, the lands of the Gangetic plain and the further extensive areas of the subcontinent ruled by the Sultans of Dehlī.

Source: Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales eBooks

DOI: 10.4000/books.editionsehess.24408

Author: Simon Digby

Institution: University of Oxford

Language: French

Topic: Islamic Thought and Society Studies

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4320479700

FWCI: 49.39

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Cited by: 29

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