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The Veneration of Saints and Their Graves in Muslim India of Premughal and Mughal Period
Kružík, Jakub ; Kropáček, Luboš (advisor) ; Oudová Holcátová, Barbara (referee)
This thesis handles a topic of veneration of Muslim saints and their graves with emphasis on the area of Central India in Medieval period. In the first part of the thesis a process of spreading of Islam to Deccan is described and a role of sufis in it. The second part is dedicated to the concept of saints in Islam as a whole and in regard to Indian context. The third part is an introduction of the bhaktic movement of Sants in which I try to demostrate its similarities with Sufism. The shared theme of those tradition is similar concept of sanctity of persons and a their approach to the veneration of saints. Key words Saints, Veneration of Saints, Islam, Sufism, Islamic mysticism

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