Islam & Persianization of South Asia 600-1300 CE
Dec 30, 2015
Islam & Persianization of South Asia
600-1300 CE
I. The birth of IslamII. The Qur’anIII. The HijraIV. Key elements of theologyV. Textual authoritiesVI. Chains of transmissionVII. Law, Ethics & political theoryVIII. Ghaznavid rule in PunjabIX. Lahore: ‘Little Ghazna’X. Turkic Invasions & Persian @ Delhi SultanateXI. Multilingual/Multireligious North
I. The Birth of Islam
Prophet Muhammad
Mecca
7th c. CE
Serial revelations
Qu’ran
II. The Qur’an
“The Recital”
Allah
Angel Gabriel
610 CE
Emergent canon mid 600s
III. The Hijra
622 CE
Medina
Islamic calendar
Religio-political experiment
ummah
IV. Islam: Key Elements of Theology
Creation of the world
Uniqueness & transcendance
Recognition
Human capacity & responsibility
Aim of religious practice
V. Textual Authorities
The Qur’an
The Sunnah
The Hadith
Law/Shari’a
Theological treatises
Sufi teachings
VI. Chains of transmission
The logic of lineage
Connections to Prophet Muhammad & formative community
Textual commentary and lineage of teachings
VII. Law, Ethics & Political theory
Shari’a
Adab
Akhlaq
VIII. Ghaznavid Rule in Punjab
Turkic rule in Afghanistan
11th c. rule of Punjab from Ghazna
Movement of Islam & rise of Persian within Islam
Religious & non-religious themes
Multi-religious environment of Persian
IX. Lahore: “Little Ghazna”
SA center for Ghaznavid rule
Flow of scholars & administrators
Iran
Turkemenistan
Uzbekhistan
Afghanistan
X. Turkic Invasions & Persian at Delhi Sultanate
12th-13th c. Mongol invasions
Punjab, Afghanistan Iran
Delhi
Persian-using migration
‘ulama’
Sufi teachers
XI. Multilingual/Multireligious North
The king, the court, & Persian
Poetry: religious & non-religious
Sermons
Sufi teachings
Language of exile & nostalgia
Language of connection to non-Muslims
Comparative theology
Devotional movements
Non-religious poetics
Persian, Sanskrit, & rising literary vernaculars of the north