TY - BOOK AU - Avari,Burjor TI - Islamic civilization in South Asia: a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent SN - 9780415580618 (hardback) U1 - 954.02 PY - 2013/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Islam KW - India KW - History KW - Civilization KW - Islamic influences N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. The era of Arab predominance -- 3. Turkish power and Persian culture in the age of transition -- 4. The Delhi Sultanate at its zenith -- 5. New centres of Muslim power and culture -- 6. The Mughal ascendancy: Akbar and his successors -- 7. The age of Mughal disintegration -- 8. Muslims under the East India Company -- 9. Stirrings of a Muslim modernity under the Raj -- 10. Unity or separatism? Muslim dilemma at the end of the Raj -- 11. Epilogue: New challenges in a fractured subcontinent ER -