Scottish Orientalists and India

The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire

Автор: Avril A. Powell

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Издател: The Boydell Press

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Structured around the lives and careers of two Scottish scholar-administrator brothers, Sir William...

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Автор

Avril A. Powell

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2010

страници

336

EAN

9781843835790

ISBN

1843835797

Enbook ID

04856255

Издател

The Boydell Press

Теглоt

862

Размери

155 x 236 x 28

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Structured around the lives and careers of two Scottish scholar-administrator brothers, Sir William and Dr John Muir, who served in the East India Company and the Raj in North-West India from 1827-1876, this book examines cultural, especially religious and educational attitudes and interactions during the period. The core of the study centres on a detailed examination of the brothers' seminal works on Vedic and Islamic history and society which, researched from Sanskrit and Arabic sources, became standard reference works on India's religions during the Raj. The publication of these works coincided with the outbreak of the Indian Uprising of 1857, on the nature of which William's correspondence with his brother and others allows some reconsideration, especially in respect of Muslim participation. Powell also examines the response of Indian Muslim scholars, particularly of Sir Saiyid Ahmad Khan, to William's critiques of Islam and the brothers' patronage of Oriental scholarship, comparative religion and education during their long retirement back in their native Scotland. The study contributes to current debates about the Scottish contribution to Empire with particular reference to India and to cultural issues. AVRIL A. POWELL is Reader Emerita in the History Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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