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“seema alavi”

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  • Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

    by Seema Alavi ...
    Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire recovers the stories of five Indian Muslim scholars who, in the aftermath of the uprising of 1857, were hunted by British authorities, fled their homes in India for such destinations as Cairo, Mecca, and Istanbul, and became active participants in a flourishing pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires. Seema Alavi ... Read more

    $62.09 CAD

  • Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

    by Seema Alavi ...
    Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire recovers the stories of five Indian Muslim scholars who, in the aftermath of the uprising of 1857, were hunted by British authorities, fled their homes in India for such destinations as Cairo, Mecca, and Istanbul, and became active participants in a flourishing pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires. Seema Alavi ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Asia Inside Out

    by Erik Harms, Biao Xiang, Qiang Ma, David Ludden, Narges Erami, Angela Ki Che Leung, Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Seema Alavi, James Pickett, Tamara Loos, May Bo Ching, Emma Jinhua Teng, William W. Kelly ...
    A pioneering study of historical developments that have shaped Asia concludes with this volume tracing the impact of ideas and cultures of people on the move across the continent, whether willingly or not.In the final volume of Asia Inside Out, a stellar interdisciplinary team of scholars considers the migration of people—and the ideas, practices, and things they brought with them—to show the ways ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

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  • The Muslim Heritage of Bengal

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  • Pakistan: A Hard Country

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  • Iran

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  • Islamic History

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  • A History of Iran

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  • Islamic Civilization in South Asia

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