The Sufi Paradigm and the Makings of a Vernacular Knowledge in Colonial India: The Case of Sindh (1851-1929)

by Michel Boivin

Book Overview

This book demonstrates how a local elite built upon colonial knowledge to produce a vernacular knowledge that maintained the older legacy of a pluralistic Sufism. As the British reprinted a Sufi work, Shah Abd al-Latif Bhittai's Shah jo risalo, in an effort to teach British officers Sindhi, the local intelligentsia, particularly driven by a Hindu caste of professional scribes (the Amils), seized on the moment to promote a transformation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030419932
• ISBN13: 9783030419936
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"