Sana Haroon - The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship

The Mosques of Colonial South Asia

Islamic South Asia Series

Series Editor: Ruby Lal, Emory University

Advisory Board

Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University

Stephen F. Dale, Ohio State University

Rukhsana David, Kinnaird College for Women

Michael Fisher, Oberlin College

Marcus Fraser, Fitzwilliam Museum

Ebba Koch, University of Vienna

David Lewis, London School of Economics

Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London

Ron Sela, Indiana University Bloomington

Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam

Titles

Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge , Vanja Hamzic

The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India , Pushkar Sohoni

Sufi Shrines and the Pakistani State: The End of Religious Pluralism , Umber Bin Ibad

The Hindu Sufis of South Asia: Partition, Shrine Culture and the Sindhis in India, Michel Boivin

Islamic Sermons and Public Piety in Bangladesh: The Poetics of Popular Preaching, Max Stille

The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship, Sana Haroon

For Raza and Rafay

Map of colonial South Asia.

Allah-hu AkbarGod is great

AminAmen

AqamatConvening a congregation

Arti, ghants, dholak, bajaAural elements of a Hindu procession

AshuraThe tenth day of Muharram on which the martyrdom of Husain is commemorated by Shias

AzanCall to prayer

Badshahi masjidImperial Friday mosque

BaniBenefactor

BhajanHindu ceremonial recitations

BhangIntoxicating drink

BidatReligious innovation (heresy)

Bigha1,600 square yards / approximately 0.35 acres of land in late Mughal Bengal

ChabutraGazebo

ChowkIntersection

DalanOutdoor washing area

DarbarImperial court (also used to refer to a Sufi shrine)

Darul iftaOffice staffed by ulama providing religious counsel on request

Dawat-i tablighInviting people to join the preaching mission

DeeniConcerning religion

DharamsalaA Sikh place of congregational worship

DunyaviWorldly

Eid (Bakr Eid)Biannual Islamic festivals; the Bakr Eid is celebrated with a ritual sacrifice of a cow or goat as well as special prayers

Eidgah