The Bahmani Sufis: Their Spiritual, Intellectual and Sociopolitical Role in Medieval Deccan, AD 1300 to 1538

The Bahmani Sufis explores the spiritual, intellectual and sociopolitical role of the Chishtis, the Junaydis and the Qadiris in the Deccan during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Documenting the presence of Junaydis Sufis at Daulatabad, this work challenges a long-held assumption that the Chishtis were the earliest to have migrated to Daulatabad and helped the Tughluq administration in the consolidation of Islam.

The volume discusses the evolving relationship between the Sufis and the Bahmani sultans, examining the transition that took place between the Gulbarga and Bidar phases due to the arrival and settlement of non-mulki Sufis from Iraq and Iran.