Ashraf into middle classes : Muslims in nineteenth-century Delhi
Pernau, MargritAuthor
This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they began to distinguish themselves not only from commoners but also from the nobility who were held responsible for the disaster of 1857.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they began to distinguish themselves not only from commoners but also from the nobility who were held responsible for the disaster of 1857.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 5, 2013).
Pt. 1. The British and the Mughals -- pt. 2. 1857 and its aftermath -- pt. 3. The heyday of the British Empire.
Muslims
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
South Asia