Illustrations
Foreword by Annemarie Schimmel
Preface and Acknowledgments
PART I: Historical Orientation: Sufism and Islam in South Asia
1. Sufism
The Sufi Tradition
Sufism in Islamic Society
2. Historiographies of Islam in India
The Problem of Nationalist Historigraphy
Medieval Islamic Views of India
Medieval Indian Views of Islam
3. Religion and Empire in the Delhi Sultanate
Persian Kingship and the Indo-Muslim State
Non-Muslims and the Sultanate
Sultanate and Caliphate
Sultanate Imperialism and Sufism
4. The Textual Formation of Oral Teachings in the Early Chishti Order
From Oral Teaching to Written Text in Sufism
The Foundation of the Chishti Malfuzat Literature: Nizam al-Din
The Elaboration of the Malfuzat Tradition: Chiragh-i Dihli
The Elaboration of the Malfuzat Tradition: Burhan al-Din Gharib
The Problem of "Inauthentic" Malfuzat
5. The Interpretation of the Sufi Biographical Tradition in India
PART II: Chishti Sufism at Khuldabad
6. From Delhi to the Deccan
The Historiography of Sufism in the Deccan
Sufism and the Turkish Conquest of the Deccan
7. Burhan al-Din Gharib's Establishment and Teaching
The Khalifa of Nizam al-Din
The Sufi Master
Teachings and Practices
The Disciples
Sama': Listening to Music
8. The Indian Environment and the Question of Conversion
PART III: The Khuldabad Sufis in History
9. Political Relations of the Khuldabad Chishtis
10. Political History of the Khuldabad Shrines
The Bahmani Sultans
The Faruqis of Khandesh
The Mughuls and Nizams
11. Khuldabad as a Sacred Center in the Local Context
The Khuldabad-Burhanpur Axis
The Local Saints of Khuldabad
PART IV: ConclusionsPART V: Appendixes
A. A Sufi Bookshelf: The Bibliography of Rukn al-Din Dabir Kashani
B. A Fifteenth-Century Revenue Memorandum
C. Mughul and Deccan Farmans from Khuldabad
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Terms and Subjects