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Political Incursions

Political Incursions. “Outsiders” in India Early 8 th Century Ummayads Limited Impact. Political Incursions. “Outsiders” in India Early 8 th Century Ummayads Limited Impact Turkic reconquest ~1000 More substantial Sultanate of Delhi. Conversion.

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Political Incursions

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  1. Political Incursions • “Outsiders” in India • Early 8th Century Ummayads • Limited Impact

  2. Political Incursions • “Outsiders” in India • Early 8th Century Ummayads • Limited Impact • Turkic reconquest • ~1000 • More substantial • Sultanate of Delhi

  3. Conversion • Differences between Hinduism and Islam? • Islamic Population

  4. Conversion • Differences between Hinduism and Islam? • Islamic Population

  5. Conversion • Differences between Hinduism and Islam? • Islamic Population • Means of Conversion • Traders • Sufis • Attractive to Indians? • What they did

  6. Conversion • Differences between Hinduism and Islam? • Islamic Population • Means of Conversion • Traders • Sufis • Who converted?

  7. Conversion • Differences between Hinduism and Islam? • Islamic Population • Means of Conversion • Traders • Sufis • Who converted? • Low-Caste • Buddhists • Others…

  8. Limits to Conversion • Limits • Why not?

  9. Limits to Conversion • Limits • Why not? • Incorporated into Hinduism?

  10. Cultural Fusion • Indian Influence on Islam • Islamic Response in Middle Ground • Political • Caste System • Mysticism • “neither in temple nor in mosque…Look within your heart, for there you will find both [Allah] and Ram [Hindu deity].” 15thcentury mystic poet Kabir

  11. Cultural Fusion • Indian Influence on Islam • Islamic Response in Middle Ground • Political • Caste System • Mysticism

  12. Cultural Fusion • Indian Influence on Islam • Islamic Response in Middle Ground • Political • Caste System • Mysticism • “neither in temple nor in mosque…Look within your heart, for there you will find both [Allah] and Ram [Hindu deity].” 15thcentury mystic poet Kabir • Gender

  13. Cultural Fusion • Indian Influence on Islam • Islamic Response in Middle Ground • Hindu Response in the Middle Ground • Separation • Bhakti Devotional Cults • Sikhs • Conclusion

  14. Spread to SE Asia • More successful • Two Modes • Traders • Trading Empire—Malacca • Buddhists • Sufi Missionaries • Incorporation • Success

  15. Spread to SE Asia • More successful • Two Modes: Traders and Sufis • Retention of Pre-Islamic culture

  16. Conclusion • Sim’s to India • Differences

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