Twilight Of The Sultanate: A Political, Social And Cultural History Of The Sultanate Of Delhi From The Invasion Of Timur To The Conquest Of Babur 1398-1526

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  • Product Code :BK10172
  • Size :8.75" x 5.75" x 1.80"
  • Weight :650 gm.
  • Author :Kishori Saran Lal 
  • ISBN-10: 8121502276
  • ISBN-13: 978-8121502276
  • Publisher :Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd
  • Edition :1980
  • Cover :Hard Cover
  • Language :English
  • Pages :372
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Twilight of the sultanate is a political, social and cultural history of the Sultanate of the Delhi from the invasion of Timur to the conquest of Babar (1398-1526). This period of a century and a quarter presents the spectacle of a curious contradiction of unceasing political upheavals and great cultural achievements. It is not only a coherent sequence of history and continuity that the author portrays in this volume, but the very atmosphere of those turbulent and disorderly days. Timur’s capture of Delhi vivifies the terror of the times, amidst which Timur, who was sixty-three, ‘immersed himheslf in pleasure and enjoyment.’ ‘No one ever achieved a victory over Bahlul Lodi,’ and yet he could calmly tell his restive Afghan nobles: ‘If you do not think me worthy of the Station (of Monarch), you may choose loved to have the learned Ulema about him, but drank wine in secret ‘to keep himself in health.’ And Babur’s keen intellect rightly noted that India ‘has masses of gold and silver,’ a fact in many ways responsible for her chequered history.

“In the political field the first half of the 15th century was a period of decay; the second half of upheavals, but in the cultural field it was an age of sustained progress,” says the author. This period witnessed great development in architecture, music, education and social reform. “there was continuous progress of synthesis in spite of all conflicts, political, social, intellectual.” Muriel edition of the Twilight of the sultanate rightly observes: ‘Even more interesting are the final observations of the author on the emergence of the integrated Indian culture.’ As Professor Lal say: “Babur appreciated it and Akbar worked upon it.”

In brief, Twilight of the Sultanate “ is a painstaking and scholarly book, which Indian medievalists will find Indispensable.” 

                                                                 the Time Literary Supplement, London

professor K. S. Lal (born 26 February 1920) graduated in 1939, obtaining the Dr. Tara Chand Gold Medal in History. He took his M.A. in 1941 and D. Phil. in 1945, all from the University of Allahabad.

Starting his career as part-time Lecturer in the same university (1944-45), he joined the Central Provineces (now Madhya Pradesh) Educational Serviece in 1945 and taught at Morris College Nagpur; Robertson College, Jabalpur; And Hamidia College, Bhopal he was Sevretary, Madhya Pradesh Itihasa Parishad and Convener, Regional Records Survey Committee, Madhya Pradesh. In 1958 he presided over the Medieval History Section of the Indian History Congress and in 1975 of the Punjab History Congress. In 1978 he Was President of the Rajasthan History Congress.

Dr. Lal was Reader in History at the University of Delhi from 1963 to 1972. He was professor and Head of the Department of History, University of Jodhpur from 1973 to 1979. At present He is Professor and Head of the Department of History at University of Hyderabad. He has participated in many Seminars and Conference in India and abroad and has published a number of historical monographs. 

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A History of Sufism in India

by

Dr. S.A.A.Rizvi

IN TWO VOLUMES

     The present work seeks to study sufism as a psycho-historical

phenomenon, the author seeing it as a potential force to meet

social and political challenges produced by protracted political upheaval, associated with autocratic oppression and economic deprivation. It is divided into two volumes.

     The first volume outlines the history of Sufism before it was firmly established in India and then goes on to discuss the principal trends in sufi developments there from the thirteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Chronologically it is concerned with sufi history from the establishment of the       Delhi Sultanate to the beginning of the Mughal empire. Naturally it lays great emphasis on the Chishtiyya, Suhrawadiyya, Firdaosiyya and Kubrawiyya orders, but the contribution made by qalandars and legendary and semi-legendary saints have also not been neglected. A detailed discussion of the interaction of medieval Hindu mystic  traditions and Sufism shows a unique polarity between the intolerant rigidity of the orthodox and the flexibility of the sufis in India.

      The fifteenth century also saw the introduction to India of the Shattari and the Qadiri orders  these orders, along with the Naqshbandis and Chishtis, will be discussed in the second volume.  This will also outline the impact of Indian sufis on the contemporary Islamic world, concluding with the influence of modernism on Sufism in India.

     Mainly concentrating on the development of Indian sufi orders and their internal conflicts and internal threats, the two volumes deal with only the most important personalities of each order, their basic teachings and their contributions to religious, mystical, social, economic and political thoughts.  They are not intended to be a directory of Indian sufis. 

Vol. 1, Early Sufism and its History in India 1600 A.D.        Rs. 150 

Vol. 2, From Sixteen Century to Modern Times.                     In press

Description

Specification
  • Product Code :BK10172
  • Size :8.75" x 5.75" x 1.80"
  • Weight :650 gm.
  • Author :Kishori Saran Lal 
  • ISBN-10: 8121502276
  • ISBN-13: 978-8121502276
  • Publisher :Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd
  • Edition :1980
  • Cover :Hard Cover
  • Language :English
  • Pages :372
Description

 

Twilight of the sultanate is a political, social and cultural history of the Sultanate of the Delhi from the invasion of Timur to the conquest of Babar (1398-1526). This period of a century and a quarter presents the spectacle of a curious contradiction of unceasing political upheavals and great cultural achievements. It is not only a coherent sequence of history and continuity that the author portrays in this volume, but the very atmosphere of those turbulent and disorderly days. Timur’s capture of Delhi vivifies the terror of the times, amidst which Timur, who was sixty-three, ‘immersed himheslf in pleasure and enjoyment.’ ‘No one ever achieved a victory over Bahlul Lodi,’ and yet he could calmly tell his restive Afghan nobles: ‘If you do not think me worthy of the Station (of Monarch), you may choose loved to have the learned Ulema about him, but drank wine in secret ‘to keep himself in health.’ And Babur’s keen intellect rightly noted that India ‘has masses of gold and silver,’ a fact in many ways responsible for her chequered history.

“In the political field the first half of the 15th century was a period of decay; the second half of upheavals, but in the cultural field it was an age of sustained progress,” says the author. This period witnessed great development in architecture, music, education and social reform. “there was continuous progress of synthesis in spite of all conflicts, political, social, intellectual.” Muriel edition of the Twilight of the sultanate rightly observes: ‘Even more interesting are the final observations of the author on the emergence of the integrated Indian culture.’ As Professor Lal say: “Babur appreciated it and Akbar worked upon it.”

In brief, Twilight of the Sultanate “ is a painstaking and scholarly book, which Indian medievalists will find Indispensable.” 

                                                                 the Time Literary Supplement, London

professor K. S. Lal (born 26 February 1920) graduated in 1939, obtaining the Dr. Tara Chand Gold Medal in History. He took his M.A. in 1941 and D. Phil. in 1945, all from the University of Allahabad.

Starting his career as part-time Lecturer in the same university (1944-45), he joined the Central Provineces (now Madhya Pradesh) Educational Serviece in 1945 and taught at Morris College Nagpur; Robertson College, Jabalpur; And Hamidia College, Bhopal he was Sevretary, Madhya Pradesh Itihasa Parishad and Convener, Regional Records Survey Committee, Madhya Pradesh. In 1958 he presided over the Medieval History Section of the Indian History Congress and in 1975 of the Punjab History Congress. In 1978 he Was President of the Rajasthan History Congress.

Dr. Lal was Reader in History at the University of Delhi from 1963 to 1972. He was professor and Head of the Department of History, University of Jodhpur from 1973 to 1979. At present He is Professor and Head of the Department of History at University of Hyderabad. He has participated in many Seminars and Conference in India and abroad and has published a number of historical monographs. 

Back of the Book 

A History of Sufism in India

by

Dr. S.A.A.Rizvi

IN TWO VOLUMES

     The present work seeks to study sufism as a psycho-historical

phenomenon, the author seeing it as a potential force to meet

social and political challenges produced by protracted political upheaval, associated with autocratic oppression and economic deprivation. It is divided into two volumes.

     The first volume outlines the history of Sufism before it was firmly established in India and then goes on to discuss the principal trends in sufi developments there from the thirteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Chronologically it is concerned with sufi history from the establishment of the       Delhi Sultanate to the beginning of the Mughal empire. Naturally it lays great emphasis on the Chishtiyya, Suhrawadiyya, Firdaosiyya and Kubrawiyya orders, but the contribution made by qalandars and legendary and semi-legendary saints have also not been neglected. A detailed discussion of the interaction of medieval Hindu mystic  traditions and Sufism shows a unique polarity between the intolerant rigidity of the orthodox and the flexibility of the sufis in India.

      The fifteenth century also saw the introduction to India of the Shattari and the Qadiri orders  these orders, along with the Naqshbandis and Chishtis, will be discussed in the second volume.  This will also outline the impact of Indian sufis on the contemporary Islamic world, concluding with the influence of modernism on Sufism in India.

     Mainly concentrating on the development of Indian sufi orders and their internal conflicts and internal threats, the two volumes deal with only the most important personalities of each order, their basic teachings and their contributions to religious, mystical, social, economic and political thoughts.  They are not intended to be a directory of Indian sufis. 

Vol. 1, Early Sufism and its History in India 1600 A.D.        Rs. 150 

Vol. 2, From Sixteen Century to Modern Times.                     In press

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