TY - BOOK AU - Roy,Asim TI - The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400856701 AV - BP63.I42 U1 - 297.095414 PY - 2014/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Islam KW - India KW - Bengal KW - History KW - RELIGION / Islam / General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover; Part I: Context; Part II: Text; A. The Syncretistic Great Tradition; Section I: The Mainstream; Section II: The Muslim ""Vaisnav"" Lyrical Literature; B. The Syncretistic Little Tradition; 6. Pirism or the Cult of Pir N2 - Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the real"" Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1700902 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=630634 UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zv9m1 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400856701 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=791421 ER -