Sufi Cults and the Evolution of Medieval Indian Culture

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This monograph is a humble attempt at a scholarly presentation of the various facets of the evolution and spread of the Sufi influence in India and a critical evaluation of the role played by the Sufi saints (belonging to different silsilas) both by way of disseminating the Sufi ideology among the Indian masses and also assimilating and imbibing into their own ideology some of the indigenous spiritual practices and techniques as practised by the Hindu yogis and siddhas, thus paving the way in the process for the establishment of a pluralist society in India on a firm footing. Among the galaxy of Sufi saints who came to India, the four names which stand out prominently are Shaikh Mu’in-ud-Din Chishti, Shaikh Farid-ud-Din Ganj-i-Shakar (Baba Farid), Shaikh Nizam-ud-Din Auliya and Amir Khusrau. Shaikh Mu’in-ud-Din came to India at the close of the twelfth century. On the occasion of his ‘urs, lakhs of people congregate to pay obeisance to the great Sufi master at his dargah in Ajmer. Today the dargahs of the great Sufi masters have become objects of veneration and places of pilgrimage for lakhs of devout people owing allegiance to different religious belief systems. These holy places stand as epitomes of communal harmony and universal love and brotherhood.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anup Taneja

Anup Taneja, an Assistant Director (Editor) in the Indian Council of Historical Research, is one of the editors of the reputed research journal The Indian Historical Review. He has also worked as Publications Secretary, Siddha Yoga Dham, New Delhi (from 1973 to 1981) and has taught editing at the Faculty of Book Publishing, CVS, University of Delhi (from 1993 to 2000). He has recently brought out a monograph in collaboration with Professor Aparna Basu (under the ICHR Monograph Series) titled Breaking Out of Invisibility: Women in Indian History.

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Title
Sufi Cults and the Evolution of Medieval Indian Culture
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8172111452
Length
viii+327p., Notes; References; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
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#Sufism