Conquest and Community: The Afterlife of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan

by Shahid Amin

Book Overview

Few topics in South Asian history are as contentious as that of the Turkic conquest of the Indian subcontinent that began in the twelfth century and led to a long period of Muslim rule. How is a historian supposed to write honestly about the bloody history of the conquest without falling into communitarian traps?

Conquest and Community is Shahid Amin's answer. Covering more than eight hundred years of history, the book centers on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022637260X
• ISBN13: 9780226372600
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"