Roy S. Fischel

Roy S. Fischel, Lecturer in the History of South Asia, Department of History, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom.

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Turning King to Messiah: The Islamic King in Central Asia and India. On A. Azfar Moin’s The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam.

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