Table of Contents

Prologue: Some Historiographical Concerns 1. Dispatching Kafirs to Hell?: The Making of Islam in Medieval India 2. Mahfil-i-Sama/Qawwali: Celebrations and Contestations 3. Hunuz Dilli Dur Ast: Sufi Karamat, Legitimacy and Authority 4. From Dar-ul-Harb to Dar-ul-Islam: Miraculous Conversion and Islamization 5. The Study of Islam and Indian History: An Urdu-Muslim Perspective Epilogue: Politics of History in the Public Domain

About the Author

Raziuddin Aquil is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Delhi. He has published widely on religious practices, literary cultures and historical traditions in medieval and early modern India.