TY  - BOOK
AU  - Auer,Blain H.
TI  - Symbols of authority in medieval Islam: history, religion and Muslim legitimacy in the Delhi Sultanate
T2  - Library of South Asian history and culture
SN  - 9788130922652
AV  - DS459 .A84 2012
U1  - 954.56023 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London, New York 
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Minhāj Sirāj Jūzjānī,
KW  - Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn Baranī,
KW  - ʻAfīf, Shams Sirāj,
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Islamic leadership
KW  - History
KW  - Delhi (Sultanate)
KW  - Kings and rulers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index; 1. Delhi at the center of Islamic authority -- 2. Pre-Islamic prophetic paradigms in Delhi Sultanate historiography -- 3. Muḥammad's example as the perfect ruler -- 4. Images of the friends of God in the lives of the sultans -- 5. Caliphal authority and representation in the Delhi Sultanate -- 6. Sharīʻah and justice -- Conclusion
ER  -