The book breaks fresh ground in historical research. Based on acritical and empathic understanding of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persianand Kashmiri sources, it provides a critique of Orientalistscholarship against the background of an historical enquiryconducted into the processes of Islamisation and its dynamics inrelation to the role of Muslim Rishis (Kashmiri Sufis). ProfessorIshaq Khan has brought together a number of perspectives -- thehistorical, the sociological, and the religious. The crux of hisargument is that Islam is not merely a matter of theologicalpropositions, but also a historical realisation: realising theOneness of Allah by total surrender, dedication, service and aboveall self-sacrifice for the good of humankind. The Rishi movement isan integral component of \n