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This volume brings together seminal essays on the perennial debate
regarding the different roles Sufis played in medieval Indian society and
culture. It focuses on crucial issues such as Sufis' encounters or
interactions in the Indian environment, episodic conversion, process of
Islamicization, and expansion of Islam in India.
The collection includes writings by prominent social historians-Khaliq
Ahmad Nizami, Aziz Ahmad, S. A. A. Rizvi, Richard M. Eaton, Carl W. Ernst,
Yohanan Friedmann, J. M. S. Baljon, Simon Digby, and Muzaffar Alam. They
provide counterpoints in the debate about the political intervention of
Sufis and their interaction with the rulers and state.
The editor's introduction weaves together the varied strands of the debates
on this subject and provides a framework for understanding the
peculiarities of Sufism in India.
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