REQUIRED WORK:

*Ikram, Chapter 3: The Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, pp. 37-54
*Ikram, Chapter 4: Consolidation of Muslim Rule in the North, pp. 55-60
*Ikram, Chapter 5: Expansion in the South: The Khaljis and the Tughluqs, pp. 61-75
*Ikram, Chapter 6: The Disintegration of the Sultanate, pp. 76-85
Online through CU as a "Virtual Reading Room Text." Another source: the public version.

*Eaton, "The Articulation of Political Authority," Chapter 2, first part (pp. 22-50)
*Eaton, "Early Sufis of the Delta," Chapter 3, first part (pp. 71-83) 
from Richard M. Eaton, The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760.Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1993. At Labyrinth. BUTLER RESERVE. Also: online at Univ. of California Press. Also: accessible through NetLibrary. Once within their system, here is the exact location.

*"The Prologue" and the beginning of the romance (pp. 3-31), Manjhan Madhumalati: an Indian Sufi Romance. Aditya Behl and Simon Weightman, trans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Labyrinth. BUTLER RESERVE.

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POSSIBLE PAPER TOPIC TWO:

In the Manjhan Madhumalati, the greatest share of attention is focused on the two lovers. Then each of the two also acquires a kind of shadow figure of the opposite sex, a desirable and helpful non-lover. As the story develops, all four of these idealized young people are surrounded by a cast of other characters, who make rare but often quite important appearances and interventions in their lives. Who are these minor characters? Are they "realistic" in any significant way, or are they too parts of the allegorical universe of mystical desire? Consider the whole set of minor characters, and discuss the various roles they play in the structure of the romance.

 
FURTHER RESOURCES:
 

ONLINE BOOKS:

*Carl Ernst, Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center. Albany: SUNY Press, 1992: online through NetLibrary. Within their system, here is the exact location.

*Gardner, Edmund Garrett, The Cell of Self-Knowledge: seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 (1910): *available through Project Gutenberg*. (For comparison.)

*IBN BATTUTA, 1320's-40's: his chapters on India, trans. by S. Lee (1829): [on this site]

ONLINE ARTICLES:

*William Dalrymple, "Sir Vidia Gets It Badly Wrong," March 15, 2004: Outlook Magazine; also on the CU website.

*Finbarr B. Flood, "Pillars, Palimpsests, and Princely Practices: Translating the Past in Sultanate Delhi": on the CU website.

*Vasco da Gama, "Round Africa to India, 1497-98 CE": through the Internet Sourcebook.

*John Masson Smith, "The Mongols and the Silk Road": *silk-road.com*
 

WEBSITES:

**Online art historical resources for the Sultanate period, presented by FWP

*"The Legacy of Genghis Khan," at the Metropolitan Museum.

*A close look at coins of the rulers of Bengal during this period: a coin research site.

*Websites maintained by admirers of particular sufis:

    ==on Khvajah Mu'in ud-Din Chishti (1138/9-1236) of Ajmer:
        a website for this pir, who is called Gharibnavaz: gharibnawaz.com.

    ==on Farud ud-Din Ganj-e Shakkar (1175-1265): a Sikh viewpoint.

    ==on Hazrat Nizam ud-Din Auliya (1238-1325) of Delhi: a discussion of his dargah as it is nowadays: Sadia Fatima.

*A site devoted to the Indo-Persian poet Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) of Delhi, a devoted follower of Hazrat Nizam ud-Din: angelfire.