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This interdisciplinary volume addresses the history, literature and material culture of peoples of Turkish origins in India over the eleventh to eighteenth centuries. Although many ruling dynasties and members of the elite in this period claimed Turkish descent, this aspect of their identity has seldom received much scholarly attention. The discussion is enriched by a focus on connections and comparisons with other parts of the broader Turko-Persian world, especially Anatolia. Although discussions of Turkish-Muslim rulers in India take account of their Central Asian origins and connections, links with Anatolia, stretching back to the medieval period, were also important in the formation of Turkish society and culture in India, and have been much less explored in the literature. The volume contains contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field.
Price: $174.00
Pages: 402
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Indological Library
Publication Date:
20 August 2020
ISBN: 9789004433267
Format: Hardcover
"This is a valuable and accessible volume."
– R.W. Zens, Le Moyne College, in Choice Connect
"[...] the authors have produced a valuable collection of scholarship that promises leads and new questions to inspire a broad range of readers, whether their interests be Turkish identity, the Islamicate world, Indian history, cultural syncretism, or any of the other myriad entryways opened here."
– Teoman Kenn Küçük, University of Naples Federico II, in Insight Turkey 24.1 (2022).
"This volume is an important contribution and paves the way for future studies in this field."
– The Muslim World Book Review 42.3 (2022).
– R.W. Zens, Le Moyne College, in Choice Connect
"[...] the authors have produced a valuable collection of scholarship that promises leads and new questions to inspire a broad range of readers, whether their interests be Turkish identity, the Islamicate world, Indian history, cultural syncretism, or any of the other myriad entryways opened here."
– Teoman Kenn Küçük, University of Naples Federico II, in Insight Turkey 24.1 (2022).
"This volume is an important contribution and paves the way for future studies in this field."
– The Muslim World Book Review 42.3 (2022).
Richard Piran McClary, Ph.D. (2015), University of Edinburgh, is the lecturer of Islamic Art and Architecture at the University of York. He has published monographs, articles and book chapters on ceramics and architecture in the wider Iranian world, including Rum Seljuq Architecture, 1170-1220 (EUP, 2017).
A.C.S. Peacock, PhD (2003), University of Cambridge, is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, UK. Publications include The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia (2019).
A.C.S. Peacock, PhD (2003), University of Cambridge, is Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History at the University of St Andrews, UK. Publications include The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and Islam, Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia (2019).