A Muslim Conspiracy in British India?: Politics and Paranoia in the Early Nineteenth-Century Deccan
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As the British prepared for war in Afghanistan in 1839, rumors spread of a Muslim conspiracy based in India's Deccan region. Colonial officials were convinced that itinerant preachers of jihad - whom they labelled 'Wahhabis' - were collaborating with Russian and Persian armies, and inspiring Muslim princes to revolt. Officials detained and interrogated Muslim travelers, conducted weapons inspections at princely forts, surveyed mosques, and ultimately...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1316647234
ISBN13:9781316647233
Release Date:January 2019
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:252 Pages
Weight:0.76 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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