Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the
Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid,
and Mughal empires. By the early seventeenth century their descendants
controlled territories that encompassed much of the Muslim world,
stretching from the Balkans and North Africa to the Bay of Bengal and
including a combined population of between 130 and 160 million people.
This book is the first comparative study of the politics, religion,
and culture of these three empires between 1300 and 1923. At the heart
of the analysis is Islam, and how it impacted on the political and
military structures, the economy, language, literature and religious
traditions of these great empires. This original and sophisticated
study provides an antidote to the modern view of Muslim societies by
illustrating the complexity, humanity and vitality of these empires,
empires that cannot be reduced simply to religious doctrine.
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ISBN
9781316183687
Publisert
2014
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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