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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “a azfar moin”
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  • The Millennial Sovereign

    Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam

    by A. Azfar Moin ...
    Series series South Asia Across the Disciplines
    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 ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Sacred Kingship in World History

    Between Immanence and Transcendence

    Edited by A. Azfar Moin, Alan Strathern ...
    Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective.Editors A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern present a theoretical framework for understanding sacred ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Sacred Kingship in World History

    Between Immanence and Transcendence

    Edited by A. Azfar Moin, Alan Strathern ...
    Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective.Editors A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern present a theoretical framework for understanding sacred ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The Riddle and the Knight

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  • Let's Explore Japan (Most Famous Attractions in Japan)

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    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
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  • The Fifth Book of Peace

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    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
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    Series series Global History of the Present
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  • The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

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  • The Archaeology of Japan

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    Series series Cambridge World Archaeology
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