Shi''a Islam in Colonial India - Religion, Community and Sectarianism

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

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

Summary

Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Justin Jones, Justin (University of Exeter) Jones
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781316649817
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64981-7
• No. of pages: 303
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous