Islam on the Indian Ocean Rim

Survey of scholarship on Islam in South Asia and along the Indian Ocean rim. Coverage of pre-modern, early modern, colonial, postcolonial and contemporary periods (c.1000 to present). Themes include cosmopolitanism in Islamic empires, anti-colonialism, Islamic universalism and decolonization. Special attention to comparative study of politics and culture in the Indus valley and the Gangetic delta, with focus on Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Effects of globalization and contemporary policy implications in the age of "global terror" addressed. Jalal, Manjapra