{"product_id":"conquest-and-community-shahid-amin-9780226372600","title":"Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan","description":"Few topics in South Asian history are as contentious as that of the Turkic conquest of the Indian subcontinent that began in the twelfth century and led to a long period of Muslim rule. How is a historian supposed to write honestly about the bloody history of the conquest without falling into communitarian traps? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConquest and Community\u003c\/i\u003e is Shahid Amin's answer. Covering more than eight hundred years of history, the book centers on the enduringly popular saint Ghazi Miyan, a youthful soldier of Islam whose shrines are found all over India. Amin details the warrior saint's legendary exploits, then tracks the many ways he has been commemorated in the centuries since. The intriguing stories, ballads, and proverbs that grew up around Ghazi Miyan were, Amin shows, a way of domesticating the conquest--recognizing past conflicts and differences but nevertheless bringing diverse groups together into a community of devotees. What seems at first glance to be the story of one mythical figure becomes an allegory for the history of Hindu-Muslim relations over an astonishingly long period of time, and a timely contribution to current political and historical debates. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shahid Amin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022637260X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226372600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Shahid Amin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086407774463,"sku":"9780226372600","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96d1260a-367e-4d97-83d5-ae3b39f9866c.jpg?v=1769094495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conquest-and-community-shahid-amin-9780226372600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}