Louis E Fenech

Cherished Five in Sikh History

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines the Khalsa and the role that the Panj Piare have had in the development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780197532843
• ISBN-10: 0197532845
• Artikelnr.: 60190839

Autorenporträt

Louis E. Fenech is Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of several books, including The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh and the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Acknowledgements
Note on Orthography and Dating
Chapter One
Introduction: The Cherished Five, Guru Gobind Singh, and the Khalsa
Chapter Two
The Number and Names of the Much-Loved Five
Chapter Three
The Previous Lives of The Precious Five
Chapter Four
The Five Beloved in Mid to Late Eighteenth-Century Gur-bilas Literature
Chapter Five
The Five Adored in Early Nineteenth-Century Sikh Literature
Chapter Six
The Treasured Five Move into The Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter Seven
The Panj Piare and Place: Twentieth-Century Ruminations
Afterward
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix