Perspectives of Mutual Encounters in South Asian History, 1760-1860

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgement......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 10
THEMES......Page 28
2. Fakirs, Wahhabis and Others: Reciprocal Classifications and the Transformation of Intellectual Categories......Page 32
3. From Architecture to Archaeology: the "Monumentalising" of Delhi's History in the Nineteenth Century......Page 58
4. The roots of Anglo-Muslim co-operation and Islamic reformism in Bhopal......Page 74
5. The Sati debate in the Rajputana Agency......Page 88
PERSONS......Page 102
6. Orientalists, informants and critics in Benares, 1790–1860......Page 106
7. Muslim Saints, Faquirs, and Pilgrims in 1831 according to Garcin de Tassy......Page 137
8. Autoethnographic Representations by Asians in Late Eighteenth Century British Society......Page 166
9. Reciprocities and divergences concerning religious traditions in two families of scholars in North India......Page 197
TEXTS......Page 232
10. Negotiating Identities: People, Culture and Politics in an Eighteenth Century Indo-Persian Text......Page 238
11. Qiran al-Sa'âdain: The Dialogue between Eastern and Western Learning at the Delhi College......Page 269
12. A Book with two Views—Ghulam Husain's "An Overview of the Modern Times"......Page 287
13. The World of Shah 'Abd al-'Aziz (1746–1824)......Page 307
14. Encounter and Appropriation in the Context of Modern South Asian History......Page 324
List of Contributors......Page 342
Bibliography......Page 345
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