TY - BOOK AU - Choudhury,Rishad TI - Hajj across empires: Pilgrimage and political culture after the Mughals, 1739-1857 T2 - ASC Asian connections SN - 9781009253703 AV - BP187.3 .C47 2023 PY - 2023/// KW - Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Mecca KW - History KW - Religion KW - Mughal Empire KW - Civilization KW - 18th century KW - 19th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Hajj in the Crisis of Empire -- PART I. DEPARTURES: EXPERIENCES AND EXCHANGES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: 1. Pilgrim Passages -- 2. The Hajj Bazaar Economy -- PART II. CROSSINGS: IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS EMPIRES: 3. The ʻUlama on Hajj -- 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj -- PART III. RETURNS: STATES BETWEEN HOME AND THE HARAMAIN: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis -- 6. Routes of the Muslim State -- 7. Faqirs and Fanatics, or, Reconfiguring Pilgrimage and Political Culture -- Conclusion: The Hajj and the Ends of the Mughal World N2 - "A highly original new history of Muslim political culture across the Indian Ocean from 1739 to 1857. Examining South Asian connections with the Middle East, Rishad Choudhury draws on research in multilingual sources and archives to reveal the imperial entanglements of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca"-- ER -