Modren
Time Traveller
Eaton Richard Maxell will be always remembered
for his most sought after book on a topic which
is not realted much from the part of the globe
from where he belongs. But Suffisum always attracts
west since the ages. Eaton also tasted this
subject and fell in love. His comprehesive book
titled "Sufis
of Bijapur, 1300-1700 : social roles of Sufis
in medieval India"
You can also reach him on:
reaton@u.arinzona.edu
Here
with I am listing the Index content of his Book
Eaton Richard Maxell whcih speaks about his
in depth research and a final produce of this
book.
Contents
of Book Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700 : social
roles of Sufis in medieval India
List of Figures
xi
List of Charts xiii
List of Tables xiii
Note on Translation and Transliteration xv
Map: The Kingdom of Bijapur xvi
Preface xvii
Introduction xxiii
Part
One - Arrival and Settlement of Sufis
One - Historical Setting: The Bijapur Plateau
to the
Coming of Islam 3
Maharashtra and Karnataka, 1100 - 1300 3
Early Muslim Penetration of the Bijapur Plateau
13
Two
- Sufis as Warriors 19
Warrior Sufis of Bijapur, 1296 - 1347 19
Establishment of Muslim Power in the Bijapur
Plateau 39
Summary 43
Three
- Latter Settlement of Sufis in Bijapur 45
Early Development of the Chishti, Qadiri, and
Shattari Orders in India 45
Settlement in the Shi'a Period of 'Adil Shahi
Rule, 1490 -1583 62
Settlement in the Sunni Period of 'Adil Shahi
Rule, Post 1583 70
Early Chishti Sufis of Shahpur Hillock 75
Summary 79
Part
Two - Reformers and Writers
Four - Historical Setting: The Height of Bijapur
Under Sultans
'Ali 'Adil Shah I and Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II
83
Physical Growth under Sultan 'Ali I (1558 -
1580) 83
Cultural Syncretism under Sultan Ibrahim II
(1580 - 1627) 89
Summary 105
Five
- Sufis as Reformers 107
Reformist Sufis in Relation to the Court 107
Reformist Sufis in Relation to Sunni Islam 124
Reformist Sufis in Relation to the Non-Muslim
Population 132
Summary 133
Six
- Sufis as Literati 135
Linguistic and Literary Contributions of the
Literati 136
The Literati and Their Mystical Literature 144
The Literati and Their Popular Literature 155
The Literati and the Expansion of Islam 165
Summary 173
Seven
- Historical Setting: the Decline of Bijapur
from
1646 to 1686 177
Political Aspects of the Decline of Bijapur
179
Analysis of the Decline of Bijapur 190
Eight
- Sufis as Landed Elites 203
Aspects of Institutional Change - The Family
of Muhammad Mudarris 205
State Intervention in Sufi Institutions - the
In'am Grant 210
The State and the Family of Shah Mustafa and
Qasim Qadiri 222
The State and the Family of Bandanawaz Gisudaraz
227
Landed Sufis in Relation to the Common Populace
235
Summary 240
Nine - Sufis as Dervishes 243
Amin al-Din A'la and Doctrinal Radicalism 244
Mahmud Bahri of Gogi-Poet and Critic 256
The Majzubs of Bijapur 26
Appendixes
1 - Spiritual and Familial Genealogies
297
Appendixes 2 -
Certificate Inducting Devotees
at the Amin al-Din Dargah 306
Appendixes 3 -
Muslim Communities of Bijapur District in 1884
309
Glossary
315
Bibliography 327
Index 347
List
of Figures
1. Karim al-Din Mosque, constructed c. 1320
16
2. Pir Ma'bari Khandayat 29
3. Saiyid Muhammad Husaini Bandanawaz Gisudaraz
(d. 1422) 51
4. Citadel, showing moat and Gagan Mahal 87
5. Jami Mosque, constructed 1578 88
6. Ibrahim Rauza, tomb of Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil
Shah II 96
7. Sultan 'Ali 'Adil Shah I (1558 - 80) 102
8. Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II (1580 - 1627)
103
9. Shah Hashim Pir 'Alawi (d. 1646) 121
10. Shahpur Hillock, from the east 139
11. Dargah of Shah Amin al-din A'la 140
12. A majzub of Bijapur seventeenth century
A.D 268
13. Devotees at the dargah of 'Abd al-Razzaq
Qadiri 292
14. Devotees at the dargah of Hamid Qadiri 293
List
of Charts
1. Ancestry of Shah Abu's-Hasan Qadiri 109
2. Ancestry of Shah Sibghar Allah 112
3. Ancestry of Shah Hashim Pir 'Alawi 119
4. Ancestry of Prominent Bijapuri Chishtis 137
5. Family of Saiyid Muhammad Mudarris 205
6. Descendants of Mustafa and Qasim Qaditi 222
List of Tabels
1. Migration of Sufis to Bijapur in the 'Adil
Shahi Period 63
2. Migration of Sufis in the Reign of Ibrahim
II (1580-1672) 73
3. Migration of Sufis to Bijapur in the Reign
of Muhammad (1672-56) 126
4. The Chishti Path According to Shaikh Mahmud
Khush Dahan 147
5. Bijapuri Nobles Deserting to Mughal Service,
1658-1683 187
6. Grants Made by the 'Adil Shahi Court to Bijapuri
Sufis 211
7. Majzubs of Bijapur 265
8. Comparative Characteristics of Sufi Types
285
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Notes Sources:
Book Sufis of Bijapur,
1300-1700 : social roles of Sufis in medieval
India
Eaton
Richard Maxell