Reconfiguring Dástán Tradition as a Commemorative Narrative of Power Structures, Charismatic Leadership, and Sainthood in North India

This study will relocate the connection between the Dástán tradition, the Muslim Sufi tradition, and the chain of transmission of knowledge existent in the pre-colonial and the pre-partition religio-political domains in North India. It will investigate the workings of Persian, Turco-Mongolian, and I...

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Main Author: Shirazi, Quratulain (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2016]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 145-162
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dāstān / Interculturality / Power / Charismatic / Saint
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Mughal
B Sainthood
B Persian
B Indo-Islamic
B Oral
B Sufism
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