[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-201499-105":59,"doc-detail-201499-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":124,"head_meta":126,"extra_data":128,"updated_unix":130},105,"en","when-sun-meets-moon-gender-eros-and-ecstasy-in-urdu-poetry","When Sun Meets Moon - Gender - Eros and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry","","Explores how gender, erotic longing, and ecstatic experience are articulated through Urdu poetry, tracing their historical and cultural meanings within Islamic societies. The study highlights interpretive frameworks for understanding Islamic identities and emphasizes systems of exchange that shaped religious, cultural, and geopolitical formations. It connects celestial symbolism—Siraj (the Sun) and Mah Laqa Bai (the Moon)—to poetic performance, music, and spiritual encounter across periods and regions, integrating textual, theoretical, and archival perspectives.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/when-sun-meets-moon-gender-eros-and-ecstasy-in-urdu-poetry/201499/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/when-sun-meets-moon-gender-eros-and-ecstasy-in-urdu-poetry/201499.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Clementine","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-22","2026-09-04",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",13,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What central themes does the book examine?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"The book examines gender, eros, and ecstasy as they appear and take shape in Urdu poetry, linking these themes to broader cultural and historical contexts.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How does the book structure its main analysis?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"It unfolds through two major orbits focused on Siraj the Sun and Mah Laqa the Moon, followed by a Conjunction section titled “When Sun Meets Moon,” connecting the two.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"Which types of materials support the study?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"The work relies on Urdu and Persian translation and transliteration, along with notes, bibliography, index, and a dedicated set of figures, maps, and photographs that document genealogies, locations, and portraits.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},201499,1788534720,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":14,"category_name":15,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":140,"language":141,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":142,"faqs":143,"seo_title":144,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":130,"read_time":145},1374391974564,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/14000253aa45c000a9e?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779874745381141002","Islamic Civilization and Muslim NetworksCarl W.Ernst and Bruce B.Lawrence,editors  \nHighlighting themes with historical as well as contemporary significance,IslamicCivilization and Muslim Networks features works that exploreIslamic societies and Muslim peoples from a fresh perspective,drawing onnew interpretive frameworks or theoretical strategies in a variety of disciplinesSpecial emphasis is given to systems of exchange that have promoted thecreation and development of Islamic identities—cultural,religious,orgeopolitical.The series spans all periods and regions ofIslamic civilization.  \nA complete list oftitles published in this series appears at the end of the book.  \nSC OT T KU G L E  \nWhen SunMeets Moon  \nGender,Eros,and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry  \nThe University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments xi  \nTranslation and Transliteration from Urdu and Persian xiiiIntroduction 1  \nI Celestial Bodies Seen from Deccan Soil 8FIRST ORBIT Siraj the Sun 25  \n2 Siraj's Bewilderment 29  \n3 Siraj's Silence 47  \n4 Eros and Spirit 71  \n5 Poetry as Music 100  \n6 Transit—When Sufis Meet Shifis 120SECOND ORBIT Mah Laqa the Moon 141  \n7 Mah Laqa Bai's Radiance 147  \n8 Mah Laqa Bai's Men 166  \n9 Mah Laqa Bai's Shame 185  \n10 The Performance of Gender 210  \n11 Mah Laqa Bai's True Love 235Conjunction—When Sun Meets Moon 254  \nNotes 267  \nBibliography 295  \nIndex 305  \nFIGURES,MAPS,AND PHOTOGRAPHS  \nFigures  \nInitiatic lineage of Siraj Awrangabadi 54Family lineage of Mah Laqa Bai 192  \nMaps  \nSouth and West Asia with Deccan region detail 14Awrangabad City in the late eighteenth century 49Hyderabad City in the early nineteenth century 134  \nPhotographs  \nThe dargah (tomb-shrine)of Shah Siraj,located inAwrangabad 28  \nThe dargah of Nizam al-Din Awrangabadi,located inAwrangabad 51  \nMah Laqa Bai portrait,oil painting from mid-nineteenthcentury,housed at the Archaeology Museum in PublicGardens,Hyderabad 144  \nPavilion housing the tomb of Mah Laqa Baiand her mother,Raj Kanvar Bai,located at the foot of Mawla Ali Hill,outsideHyderabad 156  \nPrime Minister Aristu Jah and the second nizam,miniaturepainting housed at the Archaeology Museum in PublicGardens,Hyderabad 168  \nTombs of Mah Laqa Bai and her mother,Raj Kanvar Bai191  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nResearching and writing this book has been a labor of love and an excel-lent adventure.It kept me flitting from America to India for many years,with crucial stops in London and Pakistan.Iam grateful to many peopleand institutions that supported me along the way.  \nWhile completing this book,I was generously funded by the MellonFoundation New Directions Grant.The Fulbright Foundation financedinitial research on Sufi and Shifi pilgrimage sites in Hyderabad.Special-ized research on Mah Laqa Bai was funded by the American Institute ofIndian Studies.The U.S.Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservationfunded aproject to restore Mah Laqa Bai's built heritage;Iwas privilegedto serve as director and am grateful to Juliet Wurr(public diplomacy of-ficer at the U.S.Consulate in Hyderabad)and her assistant,Salil Kaderwho supported the project despite all obstacles.My associates on theproject,including Oudesh Rani Bawa(my Urdu teacher),Vasant KumarBawa(founder of the Center for Deccan Studies),Sajjad Shahid(heritageactivist),and G.Shashidhar Reddy(architectural and graphic designer),were wonderful partners.  \nColleagues at Emory University invited me to give talks on Shah Sirajand Mah Laqa Bai,and supporters from my Department of Middle East-ern and South Asian Studies include Roxani Margariti,Vincent Cornell,Rkia Elaroui Cornell,Elliot McCarter,Ruby Lal,and Velcheru NarayanaRao,while Juana Clem McGhee diligently looked after the details.In thefield of performance studies,Pallabi Chakravorty and Joyce Flueckigerhelped with delightful discussion and probing questions.I am alsothankful for the keen eye of Stephanie Yep,an intrepid doctoral student,who helped edit the manuscript.  \nOudesh Rani Bawa deser","cbCaib43hN7i0Gfb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib43hN7i0Gfb","pdf",49802346,172,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Translation and Transliteration from Urdu and Persian\n# Introduction\n## Celestial Bodies Seen from Deccan Soil\n## FIRST ORBIT Siraj the Sun\n## SECOND ORBIT Mah Laqa the Moon\n## Conjunction—When Sun Meets Moon\n# Notes\n# Bibliography\n# Index\n# Figures, Maps, and Photographs","[{\"question\":\"What central themes does the book examine?\",\"answer\":\"The book examines gender, eros, and ecstasy as they appear and take shape in Urdu poetry, linking these themes to broader cultural and historical contexts.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book structure its main analysis?\",\"answer\":\"It unfolds through two major orbits focused on Siraj the Sun and Mah Laqa the Moon, followed by a Conjunction section titled “When Sun Meets Moon,” connecting the two.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of materials support the study?\",\"answer\":\"The work relies on Urdu and Persian translation and transliteration, along with notes, bibliography, index, and a dedicated set of figures, maps, and photographs that document genealogies, locations, and portraits.\"}]","When Sun Meets Moon - Gender - Eros and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry | PDF",265]