Conversions and shifting identities: ramdev pir and the islamic in Rajasthan

By:

Khan, Dominique-Sila

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Manohar 2003Description: 294pISBN:

9788173044892

Subject(s):

Ethnology

DDC classification:

305.609544 KHA

Summary: Using a combination of ethnographic data based on the description of shrines and rituals and of popular literature, this book seeks to investigate Hindu 'folk' traditions in Rajasthan, where the presence of Muslim elements is conspicuous. The author reaches the conclusion that the followers of these cults had originally been converted to Ismailism during the 13th and 14th centuries by missionaries acting under the direction of the central Ismaili dawa in the Multan region.

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Using a combination of ethnographic data based on the description of shrines and rituals and of popular literature, this book seeks to investigate Hindu 'folk' traditions in Rajasthan, where the presence of Muslim elements is conspicuous. The author reaches the conclusion that the followers of these cults had originally been converted to Ismailism during the 13th and 14th centuries by missionaries acting under the direction of the central Ismaili dawa in the Multan region.

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