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Shi´a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism
Justin Jones
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Description for Shi´a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism
hardcover. This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence ... Read more
Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Indian History & Society
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107004603
SKU
V9781107004603
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About Justin Jones
Justin Jones is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Exeter.
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