Nonfiction - Asian Reads
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The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
PaperbackOriginal price $36.00 - Original price $36.00Original price $36.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sac...
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Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands
HardcoverOriginal price $125.00 - Original price $125.00Original price $125.00$145.99$145.99 - $145.99Current price $145.99| /An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the revelation of God.In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth century, the messianic commu...
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»We Are Here to Stay«: Pashtun Migrants in the Northern Areas of Pakistan
PaperbackOriginal price $43.99 - Original price $43.99Original price $43.99$59.99$59.99 - $59.99Current price $59.99| /Drawing primarily on oral sources from the author's own research carried out between 1993 and 1997, this book outlines the settlement history of Pa...
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Another India: The Making of the World's Largest Muslim Minority, 1947-77
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /Another India tells the story of the world's biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian Mu...
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No Birds of Passage: A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 1800-1975
HardcoverOriginal price $49.95 - Original price $49.95Original price $49.95$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /A sweeping account of three Gujarati Muslim trading communities, whose commercial success over nearly two centuries sheds new light on the history ...
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Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the revelation of God. In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth century, the messianic commun...
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For the Love of a Son
PaperbackOriginal price $13.99 - Original price $13.99Original price $13.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /From the New York Times bestselling author of PRINCESS: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, comes the heartbreaking story of one ...
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Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00$22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /This brief, accessible biography sheds new light on one of India's most controversial and misunderstood figures, arguing that the Mughal emperor Au...
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The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India
HardcoverOriginal price $33.00 - Original price $33.00Original price $33.00$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /The definitive biography of the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, whose death at the hands of his younger brother Aurangzeb changed the course of S...
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The Masnavi: Book One
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called "the Koran in Persian." The thirteenth-century Mu...
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Islamic Art and Architecture: Second Edition
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /A bold, readable, and beautifully illustrated introduction to Islamic art and architecture, this renowned book is now available in an updated and...
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