The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam by A. Azfar Moin

The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam

A. Azfar Moin

343 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sacred being on earth. The holiest of all saints and above the distinctions of religion, he styled himsel...

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