Piety and Politics in the Early Indian Mosque Book

List of Plates

Introduction Finbarr Barry Flood Flood, Finbarr Barry

I Mercantile Communities and Early Mosques

1 The Mosque in South Asia: Beginnings Alka Patel Patel, Alka 3

II Temple, Mosque, and Conquest

2 The Idols of Hind Andre Wink Wink, Andre 29

3 Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States Richard M. Eaton Eaton, Richard M. 64

III The Qutb Mosque, the First Friday Mosque of Delhi

4 The Origins of the Qutb Mosque and Qutb Minar: A nineteenth-century controversy Alexander Cunningham Cunningham, Alexander J. D. Beglar Beglar, J. D. 97

5 The Qutb Complex as a Social Document Mohammad Mujeeb Mujeeb, Mohammad 120

6 Architecture of the Early Sultanate Period and the Nature of the Muslim State in India Fritz Lehmann Lehmann, Fritz 130

7 Qutb and Modern Memory Sunil Kumar Kumar, Sunil 150

8 Epigraphs, Scripture, and Architecture in the Early Delhi Sultanate Anthony Welch Welch, Anthony Hussein Keshani Keshani, Hussein Alexandra Bain Bain, Alexandra 179

IV Early Mosques in Rajasthan

9 'The 'Two-and-a-half-day' Mosque Michael W. Meister Meister, Michael W. 225

10 Political Symbolism in early Indo-Islamic Mosque Architecture: The Case of Ajmir Robert Hillenbrand Hillenbrand, Robert 231

11 Indian Islam's Lotus Throne: Kaman and Khatu Kalan Michael W. Meister Meister, Michael W. 253

Index 263

Acknowledgements 270