Devotion, Religious Authority, and Social Structures in Sindh : : Khojas, Vanyos, and Faqirs.

• Superior document: Brill's Indological Library ; v.60
• Author: Boivin, Michel.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

In a context of rigidification of religious boundaries, especially between Hinduism and Islam, the main argument of the book is that many sites of religious encountering are still at work, both in Pakistan and in India. Drawing on both historical anthropology and sociology of religions, the book also underscores that the process of constructing communities in South Asia, both Hindu and Muslim, is rooted in the same social pattern, the patrilineal lineage (baradari or khandan).

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Maps, Tables and Figures -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Transliteration -- ‎Notice -- ‎Maps -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. Setting the Scene -- ‎2. Social Structure and Sindh -- ‎3. Religious Authority and Devotion -- ‎4. Three Case Studies -- ‎Chapter 1. The Making Of The Ismaili Jamat -- ‎1. The Khojas, Karachi and the Khojisation Process -- ‎2. The Aga Khan and the Establishing Myths: Jherruk and Amir Pir -- ‎3. The Eviction of the Sayyids -- ‎4. The Institutional Pillars -- ‎5. Creation of a New Elite and Intra-community Rivalries -- ‎6. Reinforcing the Jamat -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 2. The Road to Islamization and the Partition of India -- ‎1. The Standardization of the Satpanth -- ‎2. The Stages of the Islamization of the Dua -- ‎3. Other Islamization Processes and the Extinction of Dissent -- ‎4. The Rites of Passage -- ‎5. The Liturgical Calendar and the Religious Rituals -- ‎6. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 3. The Karachi Cosmopolis, The Vanyos, And Jhulelal -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. The Making of Modern Hinduism and the Domination of Merchant Castes -- ‎3. Frere's Impulse and the "Cosmopolitanizing" Process of Karachi -- ‎4. The Failure of the Khudawadi Project -- ‎5. The Issue of the Social Structure of the Lohanas -- ‎6. The Bhaibands-Amils Divide and Its Consequences -- ‎7. The Darbar of Uderolal and the Jhulelal Tirathdham in India -- ‎8. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's Baraka And The Rise Of The Ritual City -- ‎1. The Emergence of the Saint -- ‎2. Capturing the Baraka in Buildings -- ‎3. The Baraka as an Ethnographic Object -- ‎4. Authority and Baraka: Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's Mazar -- ‎5. The Extension of Baraka beyond Sehwan: The Maqams -- ‎6. The System of the Kafis -- ‎7. The Economy of Devotion: The Bazars -- ‎8. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 5. Devotion And Competion: The Sehwan System.

‎1. The Succession to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's Baraka -- ‎2. The Domination of the Sayyids and the Nationalization of the Mazar -- ‎3. The Faqirs, the Murids, and the Other Professionals of Charisma -- ‎4. The Sajjada Nashini Muridi Relationship, the Linchpin of the Exercise of Authority -- ‎5. The Ziyarat, and the Dhammal -- ‎6. The Relics -- ‎7. The Festive Calendar -- ‎8. The Processions for Gridding the City to Strengthen Allegiances -- ‎9. Conclusion -- ‎General Conclusion -- ‎Glossary -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index.