{"product_id":"hajj-across-empires-pilgrimage-and-political-culture-after-the-mughals-1739-1857-paperback-softback-9781009253666","title":"Hajj across Empires; Pilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739–1857 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009253666","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHajj across Empires\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePilgrimage and Political Culture after the Mughals, 1739–1857\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly original new history of Muslim political culture across the Indian Ocean from 1739 to 1857.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRishad Choudhury (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009253666, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.543 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An exemplary book that teaches us how investigating Indian Muslims on the move can succeed … dives deep into fresh and exiting archives, including manuscripts, to unearth in various complementary case studies how the hajj reshaped lives and visions around the Indian Ocean in the 18th and 19th centuries.' Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRishad Choudhury presents a new history of imperial connections across the Indian Ocean from 1739 to 1857, a period that witnessed the decline and collapse of Mughal rule and the consolidation of British colonialism in South Asia. In this highly original and comprehensive study, he reveals how the hajj pilgrimage significantly transformed Muslim political culture and colonial attitudes towards it, creating new ideas of religion and rule. Examining links between the Indian Subcontinent and the Ottoman Middle East through multilingual sources – from first-hand accounts to administrative archives of hajj – Choudhury uncovers a striking array of pilgrims who leveraged their experiences and exchanges abroad to address the decline and decentralization of an Islamic old regime at home. Hajjis crucially mediated the birth of modern Muslim political traditions around South Asia. Hajj across Empires argues they did so by channeling inter-imperial crosscurrents to successive surges of imperial revolution and regional regime change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. Hajj in the Crisis of Empire\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Departures: experiences and exchanges in the indian ocean: 1. Pilgrim passages\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Hajj bazaar economy\u003cbr\u003e Part II crossings: ideologies and institutions across empires\u003cbr\u003e 3. The ʿUlama on Hajj\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj\u003cbr\u003e Part III Returns: states between home and the Haramain: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Routes of the Muslim state\u003cbr\u003e 7. Faqirs and fanatics, or, reconfiguring pilgrimage and political culture \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the Hajj and the ends of the Mughal world\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470045245720,"sku":"9781009253666","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009253666i.jpg?v=1785629815","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hajj-across-empires-pilgrimage-and-political-culture-after-the-mughals-1739-1857-paperback-softback-9781009253666","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}