01445nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801110007608200120018710000200019924500880021926000410030730000190034836500080036752007760037565000250115165000100117665000340118670000190122020250604125048.0250604b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789384092719  a: Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd.b: 4794/23, 1st Floor, 7, Ansari Road, New Delhic: TB401d: 16/05/2025  a332 MOI  aMoin, A. Azfar.  aMillennial sovereign b: Sacred kingship and sainthood in islam.c/ A. Azfar. Moin.  aNew Delhi b: Primus Booksc , 2012.  a343p.c: 24cm.  b875  aThis book traces how royal dynastic cults and shrine-centred Sufism came together in the imperial cultures of Timurid Central Asia, Safavid Iran, and Mughal India. By juxtaposing imperial chronicles, paintings, and architecture with theories of sainthood, apocalyptic treatises, and manuals on astrology and magic, this book uncovers a pattern of Islamic politics shaped by Sufi and millennial motifs. It shows how alchemical symbols and astrological rituals enveloped the body of the monarch, casting him as both spiritual guide and material lord. Uncovering a startling yet widespread phenomenon, it shows how the charismatic pull of sainthood(wilayat)—rather than the draw of religious law (sharia) or holy war (jihad)—inspired a new style of sovereignty in Islam.  aMillennial Sovereign  aIslam  aSacred Kingship and Sainthood  aA. Azfar Moin.