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Vali Dakhani And The Early Rekhtah Networks - Sharing Poetry’S Pleasures

by Heidi Pauwels e Purnima Dhavan

~~101,36€~~ 91,22€ 10% OFF

 This book reexamines the emergence of Urdu as a literary and poetic language in the 18th century, at the time called Rekhtah, highlighting its engagement with diverse regional cultures and communities in South Asia. Sharing Poetry''s Pleasures reframes the history of Urdu within the diverse contexts from which it emerged. It places the earliest Urdu-Rekhtah poets and their craft in the lively social gatherings, bazaars, shrines, and courts of 18th century South Asia. Through aesthetic analysis and historical contextualization of poems, using primary sources in manuscripts, the authors reveal why everyday vernaculars, multi-lingual puns, alongside the use of courtly Persian and complex metaphors attracted a wide audience for this new literary language. Dhavan and Pauwels re-examine the long-dominant mischaracterization of Urdu as an elite language of South Asian Muslims by analysing the poetic biographies of Vali Dakhani and his contemporaries Fa''iz, Abru and Hatim. The authors reveal how selective attention to a handful of poets and rarefied courtly texts obscured the much more diverse roots of an important vernacular tradition, thereby reconstructing a lost literary network of speakers, poets and participants in Urdu''s past.
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Vali Dakhani And The Early Rekhtah Networks - Sharing Poetry’S Pleasures

by Heidi Pauwels e Purnima Dhavan

~~101,36€~~ 91,22€ 10% OFF

 This book reexamines the emergence of Urdu as a literary and poetic language in the 18th century, at the time called Rekhtah, highlighting its engagement with diverse regional cultures and communities in South Asia. Sharing Poetry''s Pleasures reframes the history of Urdu within the diverse contexts from which it emerged. It places the earliest Urdu-Rekhtah poets and their craft in the lively social gatherings, bazaars, shrines, and courts of 18th century South Asia. Through aesthetic analysis and historical contextualization of poems, using primary sources in manuscripts, the authors reveal why everyday vernaculars, multi-lingual puns, alongside the use of courtly Persian and complex metaphors attracted a wide audience for this new literary language. Dhavan and Pauwels re-examine the long-dominant mischaracterization of Urdu as an elite language of South Asian Muslims by analysing the poetic biographies of Vali Dakhani and his contemporaries Fa''iz, Abru and Hatim. The authors reveal how selective attention to a handful of poets and rarefied courtly texts obscured the much more diverse roots of an important vernacular tradition, thereby reconstructing a lost literary network of speakers, poets and participants in Urdu''s past.
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Shi Ism In Kashmir - A History Of Sunni-Shia Rivalry And Reconciliation

by Hakim Sameer Hamdani

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 When Muslim rule in Kashmir ended in 1820, Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power, but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of Sunni power on Shi''i society and how this changed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book identifies a distinctive Kashmiri Shi''i Islam established during this period. Hakim Sameer Hamdani argues that the Shi''i community''s religious and cultural identity was fostered through practices associated with the martyrdom of Imam Husayn and his family in Karbala, as well as other rituals of Islam, in particular, the construction and furore surrounding M''arak, the historic imambada (a Shi''i house for mourning of the Imam) of Kashmir''s Shi''i. The book examines its destruction, the ensuing Shi''i -Sunni riot, and the reasons for the Shi''i community''s internal divisions and rifts at a time when they actually saw the strong consolidation of their identity.
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Shi Ism In Kashmir - A History Of Sunni-Shia Rivalry And Reconciliation

by Hakim Sameer Hamdani

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 When Muslim rule in Kashmir ended in 1820, Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power, but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of Sunni power on Shi''i society and how this changed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book identifies a distinctive Kashmiri Shi''i Islam established during this period. Hakim Sameer Hamdani argues that the Shi''i community''s religious and cultural identity was fostered through practices associated with the martyrdom of Imam Husayn and his family in Karbala, as well as other rituals of Islam, in particular, the construction and furore surrounding M''arak, the historic imambada (a Shi''i house for mourning of the Imam) of Kashmir''s Shi''i. The book examines its destruction, the ensuing Shi''i -Sunni riot, and the reasons for the Shi''i community''s internal divisions and rifts at a time when they actually saw the strong consolidation of their identity.
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The Mosques Of Colonial South Asia - A Social And Legal History Of Muslim Worship

by Sana (University Of Massachusetts Boston, Usa) Haroon

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 A social history of the mosques of colonial South Asia, this book uses legal documents to chart the changing role of mosques in society from 1882 to 1947
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Muslims Under Sikh Rule In The Nineteenth Century - Maharaja Ranjit Singh And Religious Tolerance

by Robina Yasmin

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 Though the history of Sikh-Muslim relations is fraught with conflict, this book examines how the policies of Sikh rulers attempted to avoid religious bigotry and prejudice at a time when Muslims were treated as third-class citizens. Focusing on the socio-economic, political and religious condition of Muslims under Sikh rule in the Punjab during the 19th century, this book demonstrates that Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors took a secular approach towards their subjects. Using various archival sources, including the Fakir Khana Family archives and the Punjab Archives, the author argues citizens had freedom to practice their religion, with equal access to employment, education and justice.
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Muslims Under Sikh Rule In The Nineteenth Century - Maharaja Ranjit Singh And Religious Tolerance

by Robina Yasmin

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Though the history of Sikh-Muslim relations is fraught with conflict, this book examines how the policies of Sikh rulers attempted to avoid religious bigotry and prejudice at a time when Muslims were treated as third-class citizens. Focusing on the socio-economic, political and religious condition of Muslims under Sikh rule in the Punjab during the 19th century, this book demonstrates that Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors took a secular approach towards their subjects. Using various archival sources, including the Fakir Khana Family archives and the Punjab Archives, the author argues citizens had freedom to practice their religion, with equal access to employment, education and justice.
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Language Of The Taj Mahal - Islam, Prayer, And The Religion Of Shah Jahan

by Michael D. Calabria

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 The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666 CE) as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631 CE), is considered exceptional in the history of world architecture.This book provides a deeper understanding of the Taj Mahal and its builder by examining its inscriptions within their architectural, historical and biographical contexts. The texts adorning the Taj Mahal comprise verses from twenty-two different chapters of the Qur''an but their meaning and significance escapes most non-Muslim visitors or those unable to read them. This book will be the first dedicated solely to the inscriptions in the monument, providing translations, commentary and interpretation of the texts. As well as offering a unique approach to the study of the building, the book uses the inscriptions to expound the foundational elements of Islam, the faith of Shah Jahan and also what the Taj Mahal still means today.
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Language Of The Taj Mahal - Islam, Prayer, And The Religion Of Shah Jahan

by Michael D. Calabria

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666 CE) as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631 CE), is considered exceptional in the history of world architecture.This book provides a deeper understanding of the Taj Mahal and its builder by examining its inscriptions within their architectural, historical and biographical contexts. The texts adorning the Taj Mahal comprise verses from twenty-two different chapters of the Qur''an but their meaning and significance escapes most non-Muslim visitors or those unable to read them. This book will be the first dedicated solely to the inscriptions in the monument, providing translations, commentary and interpretation of the texts. As well as offering a unique approach to the study of the building, the book uses the inscriptions to expound the foundational elements of Islam, the faith of Shah Jahan and also what the Taj Mahal still means today.
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Mosques Of Colonial South Asia - A Social And Legal History Of Muslim Worship

by Sana Haroon

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 In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places of worship. Their efforts failed as the ideals they presented flew in the face of colonial secularism. This book looks at the legal history of Muslim endowments and the intellectual and social history of sectarian identities, demonstrating how these topics are interconnected in ways that affected the everyday lives of mosque congregants across North India. Through the use of legal records, archives and multiple case studies Sana Haroon ties a series of narrative threads stretching across multiple regions in Colonial South Asia.
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Mosques Of Colonial South Asia - A Social And Legal History Of Muslim Worship

by Sana Haroon

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 A social history of the mosques of colonial South Asia, this book uses legal documents to chart the changing role of mosques in society from 1882 to 1947
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Partition S First Generation - Space, Place, And Identity In Muslim South Asia

by Amber H. Abbas

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 The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO), that became the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1920 drew the Muslim elite into its orbit and was a key site of a distinctively Muslim nationalism. Located in New Dehli, the historic centre of Muslim rule, it was home to many leading intellectuals and reformers in the years leading up to Indian independence. During partition it was a hub of pro-Pakistan activism. The graduates who came of age during the anti-colonial struggle in India settled throughout the subcontinent after the Partition. They carried with them the particular experiences, values and histories that had defined their lives as Aligarh students in a self-consciously Muslim environment, surrounded by a non-Muslim majority. This new archive of oral history narratives from seventy former AMU students reveals histories of partition as yet unheard. In contrast to existing studies, these stories lead across the boundaries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Partition in AMU is not defined by international borders and migrations but by alienation from the safety of familiar places. The book reframes Partition to draw attention to the ways individuals experienced ongoing changes associated with "partitioning"-the process through which familiar spaces and places became strange and sometimes threatening-and they highlight specific, never-before-studied sites of disturbance distant from the borders.
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Partition S First Generation - Space, Place, And Identity In Muslim South Asia

by Amber H. Abbas

38,15€ + 10% CARD

 The Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO), that became the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1920 drew the Muslim elite into its orbit and was a key site of a distinctively Muslim nationalism. Located in New Dehli, the historic centre of Muslim rule, it was home to many leading intellectuals and reformers in the years leading up to Indian independence. During partition it was a hub of pro-Pakistan activism. The graduates who came of age during the anti-colonial struggle in India settled throughout the subcontinent after the Partition. They carried with them the particular experiences, values and histories that had defined their lives as Aligarh students in a self-consciously Muslim environment, surrounded by a non-Muslim majority. This new archive of oral history narratives from seventy former AMU students reveals histories of partition as yet unheard. In contrast to existing studies, these stories lead across the boundaries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Partition in AMU is not defined by international borders and migrations but by alienation from the safety of familiar places. The book reframes Partition to draw attention to the ways individuals experienced ongoing changes associated with "partitioning"-the process through which familiar spaces and places became strange and sometimes threatening-and they highlight specific, never-before-studied sites of disturbance distant from the borders.
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The Mosques Of Colonial South Asia - A Social And Legal History Of Muslim Worship

by Sana (University Of Massachusetts Boston, Usa) Haroon

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 A social history of the mosques of colonial South Asia, this book uses legal documents to chart the changing role of mosques in society from 1882 to 1947
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What Is Cooking - The Action: Cooking, The Result: Cuisine

by Elbullifoundation

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 A fascinating reflection on the essence of cooking - from Ferran AdriÃ 's elBullifoundation
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Islamic Sermons And Public Piety In Bangladesh - The Poetics Of Popular Preaching

by Max Stille

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 Islamic sermon gatherings are a central form of public piety and public expression in contemporary Bangladesh. Held since the 19th century, waz mahfils became so popular that it is today possible to participate in them on a daily basis in many regions of the country. Despite their significance in the rise of popular politics, the sermons are often disregarded as Islamist propaganda and very little research is dedicated to them. This book provides unprecedented access into these sermon gatherings. Based on fieldwork and interviews, Max Stille analyses an archive of several dozens of sermons. He shows how popular preaching shapes roles and rules of what can be said, imagined, and felt. Waz mahfils are a participatory practice of the labouring classes in which religious, political and poetic consensus overlap. In them, Islamic tenets and morals are part of dramatic narrations, vocal art and affective communication, ranging from immersion and upheaval to laughter about political jokes and parody. Suggesting new ways to interpret musical and performative poetics of Islamic speech, this book calls for expanding conceptions of civic participation and public discourse, and rethinking the role of the senses and religious aesthetics in Islam.
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Islamic Sermons And Public Piety In Bangladesh - The Poetics Of Popular Preaching

by Max Stille

131,18€ + 10% CARD

 Islamic sermon gatherings are a central form of public piety and public expression in contemporary Bangladesh. Held since the 19th century, waz mahfils became so popular that it is today possible to participate in them on a daily basis in many regions of the country. Despite their significance in the rise of popular politics, the sermons are often disregarded as Islamist propaganda and very little research is dedicated to them. This book provides unprecedented access into these sermon gatherings. Based on fieldwork and interviews, Max Stille analyses an archive of several dozens of sermons. He shows how popular preaching shapes roles and rules of what can be said, imagined, and felt. Waz mahfils are a participatory practice of the labouring classes in which religious, political and poetic consensus overlap. In them, Islamic tenets and morals are part of dramatic narrations, vocal art and affective communication, ranging from immersion and upheaval to laughter about political jokes and parody. Suggesting new ways to interpret musical and performative poetics of Islamic speech, this book calls for expanding conceptions of civic participation and public discourse, and rethinking the role of the senses and religious aesthetics in Islam.
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Sufi Shrines And The Pakistani State - The End Of Religious Pluralism

by Umber Bin Ibad

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 Examines the state control of Sufi shrines in Pakistan
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Sufi Shrines And The Pakistani State - The End Of Religious Pluralism

by Umber Bin Ibad

143,10€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the state control of Sufi shrines in Pakistan
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Hindu Sufis Of South Asia - Partition, Shrine Culture And The Sindhis In India

by Michel Boivin

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 Within the complex religious landscape of modern India, the community of Sindh stands out as a powerful example of interfaith relations. This Hindu community moved to India and practiced Sufism following Sindh''s inclusion to Pakistan in the 1947 partition. Drawing on a close analysis of literature and poetry, interviews with key informants, and a reading of historic rituals and architectures, Michel Boivin demonstrates that this active religious minority has managed to retain its unique Hindu-Sufi identity amidst the rigidification of official religions in both India and Pakistan. Of particular significance, Boivin argues, was the creation of sacred spaces called darbars. These shrines include a religious building where the Hindu Sindhis worship Sufi saints, chant Sufi poetry and perform Sufi rituals. In looking at this vibrant community as a trans-religious culture capable of navigating the challenges of the modern nation state, this book is an important contribution to understanding the Muslim-Hindu encounter in India.
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Hindu Sufis Of South Asia - Partition, Shrine Culture And The Sindhis In India

by Michel Boivin

39,34€ + 10% CARD

 Within the complex religious landscape of modern India, the community of Sindh stands out as a powerful example of interfaith relations. This Hindu community moved to India and practiced Sufism following Sindh''s inclusion to Pakistan in the 1947 partition. Drawing on a close analysis of literature and poetry, interviews with key informants, and a reading of historic rituals and architectures, Michel Boivin demonstrates that this active religious minority has managed to retain its unique Hindu-Sufi identity amidst the rigidification of official religions in both India and Pakistan. Of particular significance, Boivin argues, was the creation of sacred spaces called darbars. These shrines include a religious building where the Hindu Sindhis worship Sufi saints, chant Sufi poetry and perform Sufi rituals. In looking at this vibrant community as a trans-religious culture capable of navigating the challenges of the modern nation state, this book is an important contribution to understanding the Muslim-Hindu encounter in India.
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The Architecture Of A Deccan Sultanate - Courtly Practice And Royal Authority In Late Medieval India

by Pushkar Sohoni

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 Documents and analyses the architecture and material artefacts from the Nizam Shahs, one of the early modern Deccan sultanates.
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Vali Dakhani And The Early Rekhtah Networks - Sharing Poetryâ€™S Pleasures

by Heidi Pauwels e Purnima (University Of Washington, Usa) Dhavan

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The East India Company In Persia - Trade And Cultural Exchange In The Eighteenth Century

by Peter (University Of Kent, Uk) Good

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