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A Muslim conspiracy in British India? : politics and paranoia in the early nineteenth-century Deccan /
As the British prepared for war in Afghanistan in 1839, rumours spread of a Muslim conspiracy based in India's Deccan region. Colonial officials were convinced that itinerant preachers of jihad - whom they labelled 'Wahhabis' - were collaborating with Russian and Persian armies and in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Dedication ; Table of contents ; List of Figures and Maps ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Distant Threats, Local Schemes ; The Fiction of Unity ; Who were these ''Wahhabis?'' ; Retrieving the Local.
- Liberal Empire meets Namak Halal Chapter 1 The Fear of Itinerant Muslims ; Context and Connectivity ; Great Game Politics ; Why the Deccan? ; Suspicious-Looking Travelers ; The Nellore Detainees ; Conclusion ; Chapter 2 Prince Mubariz ud-Daula: Rebel, Reformer and Mastermind.
- Unpaid Arabs and Afghans Prince Mubariz ud-Daula's Early Agitations ; Mubariz the Wahhabi ; Ra'isul Muslimin (Leader of the Muslims) ; Seducing the Troops ; Conclusion ; Chapter 3 A Fondness for Military Display: Weapons, Wahhabis, and the Conquest of Kurnool ; Early Troubles.
- Crimes of Ghulam Rasul Khan The Smoking Gun ; Whimsical Passions ; Conclusion ; Chapter 4 A Diamond in the Trough: Lessons from the Fall of Abbas Ali Khan ; The Alleged Crimes of Abbas Ali Khan ; Ali Khan Speaks ; Cutcherry Politics ; Conclusion.
- Chapter 5 Slaying Men with Faces of Women: The Trial of Sayyid Shah Modin Qadiri A State of High Alert ; The Initial Accusations ; Trial before a Magistrate ; Through Lewin's Eyes ; Conclusion ; Conclusions ; The Patronage Order ; The Information Order ; The Voice of Reason?