Sana Haroon is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She is the author of Frontier of Faith: Islam in the Indo-Afghan Borderland.

“Through five illuminating case studies of disputes surrounding mosques acrossBritish India and Burma, Sana Haroon explores the dilemmas of public worshipin a colonial secular state. Showing how mosques became spaces of socialinfluence and control, she traces the ascent of prayer-leaders and mosquecustodians as these lesser-known counterparts to Sufis and ‘ulama becamewidespread intermediaries between ordinary Muslims and legal officialdom.”

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Note on TransliterationAcknowledgements1. Tajpur, Bihar, 1891: Leadership in Congregational Prayer2. Rangoon, 1916: Muslim Diversity and Custodial Control of Instruction in the Mosque3. Aurangabad and Kanpur U.P., 1924: The Magistrate’s Control of the Mosque Perimeter4. Lahore, 1940: Government Control over the Land Record5. Kora Jahanabad, U.P., 1947: The Affirmation of General Rights in Waqfs by Expert Muslims AfterwordBibliography

Sana Haroon is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She is the author of Frontier of Faith: Islam in the Indo-Afghan Borderland.

“Through five illuminating case studies of disputes surrounding mosques acrossBritish India and Burma, Sana Haroon explores the dilemmas of public worshipin a colonial secular state. Showing how mosques became spaces of socialinfluence and control, she traces the ascent of prayer-leaders and mosquecustodians as these lesser-known counterparts to Sufis and ‘ulama becamewidespread intermediaries between ordinary Muslims and legal officialdom.”

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Note on TransliterationAcknowledgements1. Tajpur, Bihar, 1891: Leadership in Congregational Prayer2. Rangoon, 1916: Muslim Diversity and Custodial Control of Instruction in the Mosque3. Aurangabad and Kanpur U.P., 1924: The Magistrate’s Control of the Mosque Perimeter4. Lahore, 1940: Government Control over the Land Record5. Kora Jahanabad, U.P., 1947: The Affirmation of General Rights in Waqfs by Expert Muslims AfterwordBibliography

Sana Haroon is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She is the author of Frontier of Faith: Islam in the Indo-Afghan Borderland.

“Through five illuminating case studies of disputes surrounding mosques acrossBritish India and Burma, Sana Haroon explores the dilemmas of public worshipin a colonial secular state. Showing how mosques became spaces of socialinfluence and control, she traces the ascent of prayer-leaders and mosquecustodians as these lesser-known counterparts to Sufis and ‘ulama becamewidespread intermediaries between ordinary Muslims and legal officialdom.”

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Note on TransliterationAcknowledgements1. Tajpur, Bihar, 1891: Leadership in Congregational Prayer2. Rangoon, 1916: Muslim Diversity and Custodial Control of Instruction in the Mosque3. Aurangabad and Kanpur U.P., 1924: The Magistrate’s Control of the Mosque Perimeter4. Lahore, 1940: Government Control over the Land Record5. Kora Jahanabad, U.P., 1947: The Affirmation of General Rights in Waqfs by Expert Muslims AfterwordBibliography