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C/S/447. Mass conversion to Islam in pre-modern India

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1000
DATE:
2011
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper addresses the issue of mass conversion to Islam in Bengal discussing it on the basis of historical studies and revisionist efforts to reassess the causes and purposes of the Muslim conversion. Religious and demographic changes in pre-modern India are examined arguing whether social liberation was a central factor in mass conversion to Islam.

 

KEYWORDS: conversion to Islam, pre-modern India, Bengal,

 
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