"The significant feature of Professor Habib’s Marxist interpretation of medieval Indian history is not that Marxism has absorbed Islam but that Islam has absorbed Marxism."
— Mohammad Habib

January 1, 1970

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MarxistsAcademics from IndiaMuslims from IndiaNon-fiction authors from IndiaHistorians from India
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Peter Hardy in Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon. by Philips, C. H. (Cyril Henry), 1912- 309 , also in Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.