History, Scripture, and Practice in the Indo-Ismā‘īlī Tradition
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2015-08
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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To date, the study of the Fāṭimid and Alamūt – Arabic and Persian – periods of the Shī‘ah Imāmī Ismā‘īlī Muslims has taken precedence over the study of the Indo-Ismā‘īlī period. For this reason, the present thesis will consider the ‘Indian’ phase of the tradition by focusing on their history, scripture, and practice. Throughout the thesis, several gināns (Indo-Ismā‘īlī devotional literature) orated by the Ismā‘īlī pīrs (Persian sing.: پير ‘preacher-saint’) will be used to illustrate the devotional aspects of the tradition. By examining the ginānic corpus, it will be argued that the pīrs consciously merged Indian (e.g., avatāra: incarnation) and Ismā‘īlī (e.g., Mahdī: “Lord of the Resurrection”) concepts to create a distinctive tradition (Satpanth: “the true path”) in the Indian milieu.
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Theses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Religion
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