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Zusatztext Using a rich array of unknown Persian, Kashmiri, and Urdu sources, the book covers a large temporal span to offer unique insights into the cultural, spiritual and material practices of the minority Shi i? community in relation to the Sunni majority in a context of non-Muslim rule. Analytically nuanced and meticulously researched, this is a highly informative and useful corrective to the notion that sectarian differences between Shias and Sunnis are primarily due to religious differences, a view that has gained ground in recent years. The book deserves to be widely read and is a welcome addition to the burgeoning scholarship on Kashmir. Informationen zum Autor 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. Vorwort Analyses the history of Shia Islam and Sunni-Shii tensions in 19th- and early 20th-century Kashmir Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Conventions Introduction 1. Not Quite Taqiyaa: Kashmiri Shi’i at the Start of the Nineteenth Century 2. Mapping Existence: In Search of Patronage and Protection 3. Shi’i Identity, Sunni Space, and Non-Muslim Rule 4. Dissensions within the Muminin: Challenging the Elite 5. Moving Toward a Unified Muslim IdentityAppendix I: Letter of ?akim ?A?im, written to Moulvi Sayyid Rajab ?Ali Shah 161Appendix II: Groans of the Muslims of KashmirNotes Bibliography Index...
