{"product_id":"the-languages-of-political-islam-muzaffar-alam-9780226011011","title":"The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200-1800","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Languages of Political Islam\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the diverse ways in which Islam, from the time of its arrival in India in the twelfth century through its height as the ruling theology to its decline, adapted to its new cultural context to become \"Indianized.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuzaffar Alam shows that the adoption of Arabo-Persian Islam in India changed the manner in which Islamic rule and governance were conducted. Islamic regulation and statecraft in a predominately Hindu country required strategic shifts from the original Islamic injunctions. Islamic principles could not regulate beliefs in a vast country without accepting cultural limitations and limits on the exercise of power. As a result of cultural adaptation, Islam was in the end forced to reinvent its principles for religious rule. Acculturation also forced key Islamic terms to change so fundamentally that Indian Islam could be said to have acquired a character substantially different from the Islam practiced outside of India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Muzaffar Alam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226011011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226011011\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 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.48w x 0.54d","brand":"Muzaffar Alam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292882129151,"sku":"9780226011011","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfc299e4-2e5c-402b-8564-e34134a33ad6.jpg?v=1730210449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-languages-of-political-islam-muzaffar-alam-9780226011011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}