01495nam a22002297a 4500 20250604125048.0 250604b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789384092719 : Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. : 4794/23, 1st Floor, 7, Ansari Road, New Delhi : TB401 : 16/05/2025 332 MOI Moin, A. Azfar. Millennial sovereign : Sacred kingship and sainthood in islam. / A. Azfar. Moin. New Delhi : Primus Books , 2012. 343p. : 24cm. 875 This 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. Millennial Sovereign Islam Sacred Kingship and Sainthood A. Azfar Moin. BOOK 63519 63519 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2025-06-04 Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. 875.00 0 332 MOI 30937 2025-06-04 00:00:00 2025-06-04 BOOK