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The Making of a Modern Myth:The Qutb Minar
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• 2003--Gujarat Riots• 1992--Babri Mosque
Riots
Introduction
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I: Historical Background
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• Ghaznavid Dynasty--late 900s-1186
• Why does India bear the brunt of Ghaznavid attacks?
• “Piggy bank”• Ghurid Dynasty
ends the Ghaznavids
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• Delhi conquered in 1192 by Ghurids• By 1210s, a patchwork of Muslim states in India
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II: The Qutb Complex
• Two features:i) Mosque (built in
three stages, 1190s/early 1200… late 1220s…1310s)
ii) Minaret• Qutb al-Din, d. 1206
(slave of Ghurid ruler)
• Iltutmish, d. 1236 (slave of Qutb al-Din)
• 238 feet, 378 steps
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III: Studying the Qutb
• British East India Company, conquered Delhi in 1803
• Hindu and Jain materials
• “Quwwat al-Islam” (The Might of Islam)
• Three academic approaches
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IV: The Qutb’s Meaning, 1190s
• Delhi is not the paramound political center in 1200
• Qutb al-Din (first strongman of Delhi)
• Three points:
i) Muslims deeply divided
ii) Reality of weak power
iii) Messages geared towards Muslims not Hindus
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• Where are the Hindus?
i) Artisansii) Military collaborationiii) Use of non-Muslim
political and religious sites
iv) Coinage (Shiva’s vehicle, Lakshmi, king’s title in Devanagri not Arabic script)
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V: The Qutb’s Meaning, 1220s
• Mongols, post-1220s
• Iltutmish (d. 1236)• “Qubba al-Islam”
(The Sanctuary of Islam)
• “Quwwat al-Islam” (The Might of Islam)
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