Perfecting Women Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar

Name: Perfecting Women Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar
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ISBN: 9780520080935

ISBN-10: 0520080939

ISBN-13: 9780520080935

Edition: 1991

Authors: Barbara Daly Metcalf, Barbara D. Metcalf

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Challenging conventional notions about the place of women in Muslim societies, the Bihishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments) gives life to the themes of religious and social reform that have too often been treated in the abstract. This instructional guidebook, used by the world's largest population of Muslims, is a vital source for those interested in modern Indian social and intellectual history, in Islamic reform, and in conceptions of gender and women's roles. The Bihishti Zewar was written in northern India in the early 1900s by a revered Muslim scholar and spiritual guide, Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi (1864-1943), to instruct Muslim girls and women in religious teachings, proper behavior, and…

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List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/20/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 436
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



Preface


A Note on Translation


An Introduction to the Bihishti Zewar



Book One of the Bihishti Zewar


Translator's Introduction to Book One


The First Book of the Bihishti Zewar



Book Six of the Bihishti Zewar: A Discussion of Custom by Category


Translator's Introduction to Book Six


The Sixth Book of the Bihishti Zewar



Book Seven of the Bihishti Zewar: On Comportment and Character, Reward and Punishment


Translator's Introduction to Book Seven


The Seventh Book of the Bihishti Zewar



Book Eight of the Bihishti Zewar: Stories of Good Women


Translator's Introduction to Book Eight


The Eighth Book of the Bihishti Zewar



Book Ten of the Bihishti Zewar


Translator's Introduction to Book Ten


The Tenth Book of the Bihishti Zewar


Notes


Glossary


Index