Description
Muslim Saints of South Asia: the Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries This book studies the veneration practices and rituals of the Muslim saints. It outlines the principle trends of the main Suborders in India, the profiles and teachings of the famous and less well-known saints, and the development of pilgrimage to their tombs in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. A detailed discussion of the interaction of the Hindu mystic tradition and Sufism shows the polarity between the rigidity of the orthodox and the flexibility of the popular Islam in South Asia.