Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900

Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900 a research book by Barbara D. Metcalf, Professor of University of California. The book was published in 1982 by Princeton University Press. The main theme of the book is the Deoband movement and the first 40 years of Darul Uloom Deoband which originated in Deoband , a small village in Saharanpur, district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900
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AuthorBarbara D. Metcalf
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDeoband movement
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
1982
Media type
Pages402
ISBN9781400856107
OCLC889252131
Websiteprinceton.edu

Content

The type of Islamic renaissance is described at the beginning of the book. Then the changes of the scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are explained. The next chapter is entitled Deoband Movement and School. The first topic of discussion in this chapter is Darul Uloom Deoband. The next topic to be discussed is the religious leadership created by Darul Uloom Deoband. The author discusses this religious leadership in two parts: the Muftis and the Sheikhs, and the Writers and the Debaters. The last topic of this chapter is the social milieu of Deobandi scholars. In the last chapter the author concludes the book by discussing some other contemporary movements of Deoband movement.

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