The Bahmanī Sūfīs: Their Spiritual Intellectual and Sociopolitical Role in Medieval Deccan, AD 1300 to 1538

The Bahmani Sufis explores the the spiritual, intellectual and socio-political role of the Chishtis, the Junaydis and the Qadiris in the Deccan during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Documenting the presence of Junaydi Sufis at Daulatabad, this work challenges a long-held assumption that the Chishtis were the earliest to have migrated to Daulatabad and helped the Tughluq administration in the consolidation of Islam.

The volume discusses the evolving relationship between the Sufis and...