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Shi'a Islam in colonial India : religion, community and sectarianism / Justin Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York ; New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xxv, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107004603 (hardback)
  • 9781107026971
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.82095409034 JON 22
LOC classification:
  • BP192.7.I4 J66 2012
Other classification:
  • HIS017000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Madrasas, mujtahids, and missionaries: Shi'a clerical expansion in colonial India; 2. Mosques, majalis and Muharram: marketplace Shi'ism; 3. Anjumans, endowments and Indian Shi'ism: the making of Shi'a society; 4. Aligarh, jihad, and pan-Islam: the politicisation of the Indian Shi'a; 5. The tabarra agitation and Shi'a-Sunni conflict in late-colonial India; Conclusion.
Summary: This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. It shows how a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed separately from its Sunni counterparts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Madrasas, mujtahids, and missionaries: Shi'a clerical expansion in colonial India; 2. Mosques, majalis and Muharram: marketplace Shi'ism; 3. Anjumans, endowments and Indian Shi'ism: the making of Shi'a society; 4. Aligarh, jihad, and pan-Islam: the politicisation of the Indian Shi'a; 5. The tabarra agitation and Shi'a-Sunni conflict in late-colonial India; Conclusion.

This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. It shows how a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed separately from its Sunni counterparts.

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