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Ashraf into middle classes : Muslims in nineteenth-century Delhi / Margrit Pernau.
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199082582.Subject(s): Muslims -- India -- Delhi -- History -- 19th century | Middle class -- India -- History -- 19th century | Social stratification -- India -- History -- 19th century | History
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198092285DDC classification: 954.560088297 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they began to distinguish themselves not only from commoners but also from the nobility who were held responsible for the disaster of 1857.
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This study takes religion not as a given but asks about the universe of alternative identities - gender, territorial, class, descent, and language, which all shape a person's sense of belonging to a specific community. It also considers the development of the middle classes, the ashraf, as they began to distinguish themselves not only from commoners but also from the nobility who were held responsible for the disaster of 1857.
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