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100 _aKhan, Dominique-Sila
245 0 _aConversions and shifting identities: ramdev pir and the islamic in Rajasthan
260 _aNew Delhi
_bManohar
_c2003
300 _a294p.
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365 _dRS
520 _aUsing 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.
650 _aEthnology
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