Islamic civilization in South Asia : A history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent

By Burjor Avari. London : Routledge, 2013, p. xviii+317. ISBN 978-0-415-580625

Abstract

In Islamic Civilization in South Asia, Burjor Avari analyses the history of Islam and Muslims in South Asia. The book attempts to articulate “dispassionately the issues concerning the Islamic past of South Asia” (p. xvii). It consists of eleven chapters in addition to a preface and concluding remarks.