"Throughout the South Asian Subcontinent, the Sufi order of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya was closely associated with Muslim revivalism and conquest. Simon Digby’s translation of the Malfuzat-i Naqshbandiyya, aptly titled Sufis and Soldiers in Awrangzeb’s Deccan, illustrates this trend. The major figure of the work, Baba Palangposh, is a local holy man who joins the army of the Moghul ruler Awrangzeb (1657–1707) and participates in the campaign to subdue the region of southern India. He witnesses a vision of the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle Hamza (slain at the Battle of Uhud in 627, and usually called “the Prince of Martyrs”) in which Hamza gives Baba Palangposh a sword and says: “Take this sword . . . and go to the army of Mir Shihab al-Din in the land of the Deccan [southern India].”"
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