Shi'a Islam in colonial India : religion, community and sectarianism / Justin Jones.
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- 9781107004603 (hardback)
- 9781107026971
- 297.82095409034 JON 22
- BP192.7.I4 J66 2012
- HIS017000
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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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