The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760
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The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760

  1. 388 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760

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In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does such a religious conversion take place? Richard Eaton uses archaeological evidence, monuments, narrative histories, poetry, and Mughal administrative documents to trace the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations.

Moving from the year 1204, when Persianized Turks from North India annexed the former Hindu states of the lower Ganges delta, to 1760, when the British East India Company rose to political dominance there, Eaton explores these moving frontiers, focusing especially on agrarian growth and religious change.


In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does su

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents 1
  5. Illustrations
  6. Tables
  7. Note on Translation and Transliteration
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. PART 1 BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS
  11. 1 Before the Turkish Conquest
  12. 2 The Articulation of Political Authority
  13. 3 Early Sufis of the Delta
  14. 4 Economy, Society, and Culture
  15. 5 Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists
  16. PART 2 BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS
  17. 6 The Rise of Mughal Power
  18. 7 Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion
  19. 8 Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East
  20. 9 Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape
  21. 10 The Rooting of Islam in Bengal
  22. 11 Conclusion
  23. APPENDIX 1
  24. APPENDIX 2
  25. Select Bibliography
  26. Index