ISLAM AND THE MILLENNIUM: SACRED KINGSHIP AND POPULAR IMAGINATION IN EARLY MODERN INDIA AND IRAN (Part 1)

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ISLAM AND THE MILLENNIUM: SACRED KINGSHIP AND POPULAR IMAGINATION IN EARLY MODERN INDIA AND IRAN

DEDICATION

CHAPTER TWO The Crown of Dreams: Babur and Shah Isma'il

Jahangir the Renewer

Jahangir the Millennial Being

EPILOGUE The "Millennium" of eighteen fifty-seven

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Scope and Context of the Study

Islam and the Millennium

Sacred Kingship and Popular Imagination

Early Modern India and Iran

Organization

CHAPTER ONE The Lord of Conjunction: Sacrality and Sovereignty in the Age of Timur

Timur's Mongol Legacy

Ibn Khaldun's Prophecy Concerning the Rise of Timur

Conjunction Astrology and the Messianic Worldview

The Development of Timur's Sacred Persona

The Shift in Timurid Legitimacy: From Chinggis Khan to Ali

Ali as a Sovereign in Popular Imagination

Other Lords of Conjunction: The Avatars of Ali

A Messianic Script of Kingship: The Astrological History of Jamasp

Conclusion

CHAPTER TWO The Crown of Dreams: Babur and Shah Isma'il

The Continued Legacy of Timur

Babur and Shah Isma'il: Sovereigns in a Shared Realm

The Strangeness of Babur's World

The Sacred Knowledge of Kingship

Babur's Dreams of Samarkand

Making Sense of the Past: Historical Interpretation

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