Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900In a study of the vitality of Islam in late nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ( ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Focussing on Deoband, the most important Islamic seminary of the period, she discusses the ways in which the ulama enhanced a sense of cultural continuity in a period of alien rule. Deprived of a Muslim state, the leaders of Deoband sought to renew Islamic spiritual life by teaching early Islamic principles. To this end, they concerned themselves with popular behaviour and the education of both elite and non-elite Muslims through the spoken language, Urdu. |
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The Pattern of Islamic Reform | 3 |
The Ulama in Transition | 16 |
The Early | 46 |
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Abdu'l-Hayy Abdu'l-Qadir Ahl-i Hadis Aḥmad Ahmad Riza Ahsan Aligarh alim Arabic Arwāḥ-i Salāṣaḥ Arya ashraf Barelwi belief Bengal Christians culture Dē'ōband debate Delhi Deobandis disciples donors example faith Farangi Farangi Mahall fatawa Fatāwā-yi Fazl-i followers Gīlānī Hajji Hanafi Hindu Ibid imam Imdadu'llah important Indian Muslims influence institutions intellectual Islam jihad Lahore late nineteenth century learning Lucknow madrasah Maulana Maulawi Meerut missionaries mosque movements Mughal Muḥammad Ashiq Ilāhī Muhammad Qasim Muhammad Ya'qub Muslims Nadwah Naqshbandi Nawwab official opponents Oudh Pakistan particularly period Persian political position practice prayer Prophet Punjab Qur'an Rashid Ahmad reform reformist religion religious leaders religious leadership role rulers Saharanpur saints Salāṣah Sawāniḥ-i Qāsimī Sayyid Ahmad Khan scholars Shah Abdu'l-'Aziz Shah Waliyu'llah shaikh Shi'ah Shi'i Siddiq Hasan social spiritual style Sufi sufism Sunni Tablighi Taliban taqlid Tārīkh-i Tazkiratu'r-Rashid teacher teaching tradition translated ulama Urdu wrote zikr Zuhuru'l-Hasan