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" Afghāns in India - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Gommans, Jos J. L.
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AL
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English
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1059847
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ALei244
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Gommans, Jos J. L.
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Afghāns in India - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Gommans, Jos J. L.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,955 words)
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Afghāns (or Pathāns) in India reflect a history and identity inextricably bound to the history of Afghān migration, settlement, and state-formation in India. 1. Migration The Indo-Afghān histories depict a highly romanticised picture of iconoclastic Afghān mujāhidīn who, in loyal service to the Ghaznavid, Ghūrid, Tīmūrid, and Durrānī conquerors, fight their way into Indian “heathendom.” As important as jihād , however, is the theme of ineffable Indian riches to be gained in it. In the early accounts of Muslim geographers and historians, we find the Afghāns first emerging as
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Islam.
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ALei244.pdf
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