Justin Jones

Shi'a Islam in Colonial India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781316649817
• ISBN-10: 1316649814
• Artikelnr.: 47744324

Autorenporträt

Justin Jones is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

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.