The Muhammad Avatara: Salvation History, Translation, and Bengali Islam Test Bank

Unlock the Secrets of Bengali Islam

In The Muhammad Avatara, Ayesha Irani offers an examination of the Nabivamsa, the first epic work on the Prophet Muhammad written in Bangla.

Understanding Islam’s Localization

This little-studied seventeenth-century text, written by Saiyad Sultan, is a literary milestone in the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural history of Islam, and marks a significant contribution not only to Bangla’s rich literary corpus, but also to our understanding of Islam’s localization in Indic culture in the early modern period.

Breaking Down Barriers

Irani explores how an Arabian prophet and his religion came to inhabit the seventeenth-century Bengali landscape, and the role that pir-authors, such as Saiyad Sultan, played in the rooting of Islam in Bengal’s easternmost regions.