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Exploring Sikh Traditions and Heritage follows interdisciplinary approaches, namely, textual and historical analyses of Sikh texts and life-narratives of Guru Nanak to construct the critical events related to Babur’s invasions of India; an examination of a non-Sikh text to understand the image of Guru Nanak in the Dadu-panthi tradition; following interview and ethnographic methods to critically look into the global politics behind the Kartarpur Corridor and the sacred heritage of the Darbar Sahib in Pakistan; understanding the nature of modern Sikh activism in both the US and the UK through rich ethnography and historical investigation; introducing a systematic analysis of autoethnography of a person’s experience through reflexivity and connecting the personal story to the social, cultural, and political life, having synergy with Sikh sense-making process; and finally, sociological investigation into the changing nature of the Sikh institution of the Akal Takht. In addition to senior scholars, this volume initiates new researchers into the growing field of Sikh studies. It will be a useful resource for both scholars and students of Sikh studies, religion, medieval Indian history, and literature.

Bābar-vāṇī --- Babur --- Baburnama --- Dawlat Khan Lodi --- Gurdas --- Guru Nanak --- Janam-sākhīs --- Miharvan --- Rattan Singh Bhangu --- Saidpur --- Sikh --- Raghavdas --- Dadu --- Kabir --- Bhai Gurdas --- Bhakt-māl --- Nabhadas --- Udasi --- diaspora --- activism --- radicalism --- Sikhism --- Kartarpur Corridor --- Imran Khan --- Navjot Sidhu --- diasporic Sikhs --- autoethnography --- lived experience --- reflexivity --- gurmat --- pandemic --- humanitarianism --- ethics --- faith --- millennials --- Gen Z --- civil society --- Akal Takht --- jathedār --- Sikh institutions --- Sikh Rehat Maryada --- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) --- authority --- legitimacy --- n/a --- Bābar-vāṇī --- Janam-sākhīs --- Bhakt-māl --- jathedār

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"This is the biography of Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, the founder of one of the great premodern Islamic empires, the Timurid-Mughul empire of India. It contains an original evaluation of his life and writings as well as fresh insights into both the nature of empire building and the character of the Timurid-Mughul state." "Based upon recently published critical editions of Babur's autobiography and poetry, the book examines Babur's life from the time he inherited his father's authority in the Ferghanah valley, east of Samarqand, in 1494, until his death in Agra, India in 1530. The book is written in an alternating series of thematic and narrative chapters. The thematic or analytical chapters examine his major writings, discuss his cultural personality and his reaction to Indian culture, while the narrative chapters relate the story of his life while critically commenting on his autobiographical intent." "The book contributes to the history of the Timurid period, the study of early modern Islamic empires and the nature of autobiographical literature in Islamic and Asian societies. It is illustrated with fifteen colour plates and four maps."--Jacket.

Afghanistan --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- South Asia --- History --- Babur, --- Zahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad, --- Muḥammad Bābar, Ẓahīr al-Dīn, --- Zakhir ad-Din Mukhammed Babur, --- Babur, Zakhir ad-Din Mukhammed, --- Zakhiriddin Mukhammad Babur, --- Babur, Zakhiriddin Mukhammad, --- Bobir, Zahiriddin Muhammad, --- Zahiriddin Muhammad Bobir, --- Zahiruddin Muhammed Babur, --- Baber, --- Babar, --- Babyr, Zakhir ad-din Mūkhammed, --- Bobur, Zaḣiriddin Muḣammad, --- Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Bābur, --- Zahīru Dīn Muhanmado Bāburu, --- Bābara, Zahīruddīna Mohammada, --- Mohammada Bābara, Zahīruddīna, --- Zahīruddīna Mohammada Bābara, --- Zahiruddin Mohd. Babur, --- Babur, Zahiruddin Mohd., --- Bābar, Ẓahīruddīn Muḥammad, --- Ẓahīruddīn Muḥammad Bābar, --- Bābarshāh, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad, --- Bāburshāh, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad, --- Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Bābarshāh, --- Babyr, Zahyreddin Muhammet, --- بابر، --- ،ظهير الدين محمد بابرشاه --- ‏بابرشاه، ظهير الدين محمد،‏ --- ظهير الدين محمد بابر, --- ‏بابر،‏ --- Asia, Central --- India --- History. --- Kings and rulers --- Babur --- Asia [Central] --- Biography --- 1000-1765 --- Regions & Countries --- Czars (Kings and rulers) --- Kings and rulers, Primitive --- Monarchs --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Heads of state --- Queens