Sikh ideology polity, and social order : From Guru Nanak to Maharaja Ranjit Singh /

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Author / Creator:Grewal, J. S.
Edition:Rev. & enl.
Imprint:New Delhi : Manohar, 2007.
Description:303 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Persian
Panjabi
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7990447
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ISBN:8173047375
9788173047374
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-293) and index.
Includes words in Persian and Panjabi (Persian and Panjabi in roman).
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Experience at Sultanpur
  • Babarbani
  • Islam in Service of the State
  • Renunciation of the Gorakh Nathis
  • Idolatry in Vaishnava Bhakti
  • Liberation-in-Life
  • The Nanak-Panthis
  • Cleavage in the Panth
  • In Defence of the Freedom of Conscience
  • Bachittar Natak: Proclamation of a Mission
  • Zafarnama: Declaration of Moral Victory
  • Insistence of Justice
  • Gursobha: In Praise of the Khalsa
  • Celebrating Freedom: the Var of Gurdas
  • In Persian Historiography
  • The Sikh Tradition of Martyrdom
  • Raj Karega Khalsa
  • Ahmad Shah of Batala on the Misl
  • Ganesh Das on the Secular Aspirations of the Khalsa
  • Eighteenth-Century Sikh Polity
  • 'Patshah of the Panth': Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
  • 'Sarkar Khalsa': Singh Sahib Ranjit Singh
  • From Ruler to Vassal: Fateh Singh Ahluwalia
  • Creation of New Rajas: Jamwals
  • The Sikh State
  • The Doctrines of Guru Panth & Guru Granth
  • City of Sikh Pilgrimage
  • Social Order in Bansavalinama & Guru Panth Prakash
  • A Theory of the Sikh Social Order
  • Sikh Raj & the Sikh Social Order
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index