Princeton Readings in Religions v
Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments vii
List of Illustrations xiii
Contributors xv
Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice by Barbara D. Metcalf xvii
Maps xxvi
Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia by Barbara D. Metcalf 1
Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders Introduction by Barbara D. Metcalf 43
Chapter 1: Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams by Ali S. Asani 48
Chapter 2: The Soul's Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Hindavi Romance by Aditya Behl 63
Chapter 3: Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer by Catherine B. Asher 77
Chapter 4: Women's Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan by Richard Eaton 87
Chapter 5: Qawwali Songs of Praise by Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich 93
Chapter 6: Na't: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice by Patrick Eisenlohr 101
Chapter 7: Shi'i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala by Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich 113
Chapter 8: Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan by Jamal J. Elias 120
Holy and Exemplary Lives
Introduction by Barbara D. Metcalf 135
Chapter 9: Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal by Barbara D. Metcalf 138
Chapter 10: Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab by Anna Bigelow 144
Chapter 11: The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi by Carl Ernst 158
Chapter 12: Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan's Life and'Urs, Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries by Usha Sanyal 166
Chapter 13: Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India by Nile Green 173
The Transmission of Learning
Introduction by Barbara D. Metcalf 187
Chapter 14: Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar's Book of One Thousand Questions by Ronit Ricci 190
Chapter 15: The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma'il Shahid by Barbara D. Metcalf 201
Chapter 16: The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual by Scott Kugle 212
Chapter 17: Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century by Muhammad Qasim Zaman 225
Chapter 18: Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama'at Account of a Mission in India by Barbara D. Metcalf 240
Chapter 19: A College Girl Gives a Qur'an Lesson in Bangladesh by Maimuna Huq 250
Guidance, Sharia, and Law
Introduction by Barbara D. Metcalf 265
Chapter 20: Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives by Barbara D. Metcalf 271
Chapter 21: Guiding the Ruler and Prince by Muzaffar Alam 279
Chapter 22: A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim by Alan M. Guenther 293
Chapter 23: Maulana Thanawi's Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children by Fareeha Khan 305
Chapter 24: Shari'at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India by Ebrahim Moosa 317
Chapter 25: Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) by Marcia Hermansen 326
Chapter 26: Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names by Muhammad Khalid Masud 339
Chapter 27: A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath by Sylvia Vatuk 352
Belonging
Introduction by Barbara D. Metcalf 371
Chapter 28: Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal by Richard Eaton 375
Chapter 29: Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to'Abd al-Qadir Badayuni by Ahmed Azfar Moin 390
Chapter 30: Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari's Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese by Engseng Ho 403
Chapter 31: Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan by David Gilmartin 409
Chapter 32: Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 by Asad Ahmed 424
Chapter 33: Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences by Naveeda Khan 438
Chapter 34: The Indian Jama'at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy by Irfan Ahmad 447
Glossary 457
Index 461

This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that contributes to a new appreciation of the lived religious and cultural experiences of the world's largest population of Muslims. The thirty-four selections--translated from Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Hindavi, Dakhani, and other languages--highlight a wide variety of genres, many rarely found in standard accounts of Islamic practice, from oral narratives to elite guidance manuals, from devotional songs to secular judicial decisions arbitrating Islamic law, and from political posters to a discussion among college women affiliated with an "Islamist" organization. Drawn from premodern texts, modern pamphlets, government and organizational archives, new media, and contemporary fieldwork, the selections reflect the rich diversity of Islamic belief and practice in South Asia. Each reading is introduced with a brief contextual note from its scholar-translator, and Barbara Metcalf introduces the whole volume with a substantial historical overview.

Barbara D. Metcalf is president-elect of the American Historical Association. She is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis, and most recently has taught at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Islamic Revival in British India and the coauthor of A Concise History of Modern India.