Service to God, Service to Master/Client: African Indian Military Contribution in Karnataka

Abstract This essay examines how African Indians (Abyssinians, Habshis, Siddis) from medieval times to the present have played significant political and military roles to forge sovereignties in the land area currently covered by the State of Karnataka, South India. I provide a brief history of the m...

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Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2007
In: African and Asian studies
Jahr: 2007, Band: 6, Heft: 3, Seiten: 271-288
weitere Schlagwörter:B ETHNICIZATION
B SOCIAL DEATH
B NATAL ALIENATION
B Diaspora
B ESTADO DA INDIA
B HABSHIS/SIDDIS/ABYSSINIANS
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract This essay examines how African Indians (Abyssinians, Habshis, Siddis) from medieval times to the present have played significant political and military roles to forge sovereignties in the land area currently covered by the State of Karnataka, South India. I provide a brief history of the military activities of African Indians in the Indian subcontinent to foreground how the Africans deployed the unstable political climate in the Deccan, ethnicization of military culture, religious filiation, and force of personality to assert influence over communities that settled in areas bounded by present-day Karnataka.
ISSN:1569-2108
Enthält:Enthalten in: African and Asian studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/156920907X212231