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The Millennial Sovereign

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Millennial Sovereign

By A. Azfar Moin

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At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himself as the messiah reborn. Yet the Mughal emperor was not alone in doing so. In this field-changing study, A. Azfar Moin explores why Muslim sovereigns in this period began to imitate the exalted nature of Sufi saints. Uncovering a startling yet widesprea...Show more

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9780231160377

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2014

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1

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The Millennial Sovereign

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