Islam and the army in colonial India: Sepoy religion in the service of Empire

This 2009 book studies the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served.

• ISBN: 978-1-107-40463-2
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 238
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés