Shi'ism in Kashmir: A History of Sunni-Shia Rivalry and Reconciliation - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hakim Sameer HamdaniSeries:Library of Islamic South AsiaTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Cultural Region/Indian, Religious Orientation/IslamicPublish date:12/29/2022Pages:232
Languages:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755643936ISBN-10:0755643933UPC:9780755643936Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Islamic Studies, IslamBook Topic:Shi'a, SunniSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.504Product ID:SCWD4Y1QBV
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.Languages:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755643936ISBN-10:0755643933UPC:9780755643936Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Islamic Studies, IslamBook Topic:Shi'a, SunniSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.504Product ID:SCWD4Y1QBV
Hakim Sameer Hamdani is Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, Kashmir. He has published in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture amongst others and his book The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir is forthcoming.
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