These essays address key themes in the history of the Muslims of South Asia: conversion to Islam, the impact of print, the emergence of Islam as a worldly religion, the process of secularization, the relationship between religion and politics, and the diverse responses to the most important scholarly contributions to the field over the last twenty years.
About The Author:Francis Robinson Professor of the History of South Asia at the Royal Holloway, University of London. He has been President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Over the last forty years, he has written extensively on aspects of the Muslim world. His previous volume of a collection of essays entitled Islam and Muslim History in South Asiawas published by OUP in 2000