- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures, Maps, and Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Translation and Transliteration from Urdu and Persian
- Introduction
-
Chapter One Celestial Bodies Seen from Deccan Soil -
First Orbit Siraj the Sun -
Chapter Two Siraj’s Bewilderment -
Chapter Three Siraj’s Silence -
Chapter Four Eros and Spirit -
Chapter Five Poetry as Music -
Chapter Six Transit—When Sufis Meet Shiʿis -
Second Orbit Mah Laqa the Moon -
Chapter Seven Mah Laqa Bai’s Radiance -
Chapter Eight Mah Laqa Bai’s Men -
Chapter Nine Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame -
Chapter Ten The Performance of Gender -
Chapter Eleven Mah Laqa Bai’s True Love - Conjunction—When Sun Meets Moon
- Bibliography
- Index
- Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
Introduction
Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.1) Introduction
- Source:
- When Sun Meets Moon
- Author(s):
Scott Kugle
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
The introduction explains the sun and moon as figured in the Qur’an and Islamic theology. The sun and moon are also primary symbols in Islamic poety, like in the Urdu language. This introduction presents the scholarship of Walters and Kalpaklı who analyze Turkish poetry as documenting relationships of love and power.
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures, Maps, and Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Translation and Transliteration from Urdu and Persian
- Introduction
-
Chapter One Celestial Bodies Seen from Deccan Soil -
First Orbit Siraj the Sun -
Chapter Two Siraj’s Bewilderment -
Chapter Three Siraj’s Silence -
Chapter Four Eros and Spirit -
Chapter Five Poetry as Music -
Chapter Six Transit—When Sufis Meet Shiʿis -
Second Orbit Mah Laqa the Moon -
Chapter Seven Mah Laqa Bai’s Radiance -
Chapter Eight Mah Laqa Bai’s Men -
Chapter Nine Mah Laqa Bai’s Shame -
Chapter Ten The Performance of Gender -
Chapter Eleven Mah Laqa Bai’s True Love - Conjunction—When Sun Meets Moon
- Bibliography
- Index
- Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
