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Conversions and Shifting Identities: Ramdev Pir and the Ismailis in Rajasthan / Khan, Dominique-Sila
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Conversions and Shifting Identities: Ramdev Pir and the Ismailis in Rajasthan
Khan, Dominique-Sila
 
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  Book ID : 5071
  ISBN-10 : 81-7304-489-9 / 8173044899
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-7304-489-2 / 9788173044892
  Place of Publication : Delhi
  Year of Publication : 2003
  Edition : (First Edition)
  Language : English
  294p., 2 Maps, 8 Photos., Bib., Index, 22 cm.
   
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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 (especially cults associated with Ramdev, Jambha, Jasnath, Ai Mata), 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 thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by missionaries acting under the direction of the central Ismaili dawa in the Multan region.

With the decline of that central authority from the fifteenth century onwards, such communities apparently broke away from the parent body and came under the control of various Pirs and Gurus, whilst at the same time interacting with other religious groups such as the Nath Jogis and the Sants. Although they retain traces of their former Ismaili affiliation, these communities have in modern times come under increasing pressure to either adopt a more conventional Hindu identity or assimilate to Sunni or Twelver Shia Islam.

In short, the study opens up new research prospects, which are likely to alter the general landscape of its major themes : Rajasthan, popular religion, Ismailism and beyond.

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