Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1920

Usha Sanyal
OUP India
1999
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Summary: 
Through the study of the fatawas and tracts of Ahmad Riza Khan, Sanyal analyses the religious discourse of the Ahl-e Sunn which was at the core of a process of identity formation and which had wider ramifications for relations with competing Muslim, non-Muslim groups as well as the colonial state.
Language: 
English