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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12395
dc.title	The Cult of imām Ḥusayn Among the Khojas of South Asia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
dc.contributor.author	Bhalloo Zahir
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2023/1/le-culte-limam-husayn-chez-les-khojas-dasie-du-sud/
dc.description.abstract	The Ismaʿili Agha Khani Khojas of South Asia can be distinguished from other Shiʿi Muslims by their non-observance of the ritual practices commemorating the martyrdom of the grand-son of the Prophet, Ḥusayn, in Kerbala, Iraq, on 10 Muharram 61 A.H./10 October 680 A.D. We know that a process of charismatic centralization around the figure of the āghā khān as the Ismaili imām present hic et nunc (ḥażir imām) contributed to the abandoning of the cult of Husayn among the Ismaili Agha Khani Khojas. Based on a study of two devotional texts, this article demonstrates that the cult of Husayn was transposed in the second half of the 19th century to a new cult surrounding the āghā khān and members of his family before being abandoned in the context of dissidence against the āghā khān.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 59 \| June 2023
dc.issued	2023-08-29
dc.dateAccepted	2023-05-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-03-10
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Devotional literature
dc.subject	Imām Ḥusayn
dc.subject	Khojas
dc.subject	Marsiya
dc.subject	Ᾱghā khān

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The Cult of imām Ḥusayn Among the Khojas of South Asia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

Zahir Bhalloo Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Universität Hamburg

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The Ismaʿili Agha Khani Khojas of South Asia can be distinguished from other Shiʿi Muslims by their non-observance of the ritual practices commemorating the martyrdom of the grand-son of the Prophet, Ḥusayn, in Kerbala, Iraq, on 10 Muharram 61 A.H./10 October 680 A.D. We know that a process of charismatic centralization around the figure of the āghā khān as the Ismaili imām present hic et nunc (ḥażir imām) contributed to the abandoning of the cult of Husayn among the Ismaili Agha Khani Khojas. Based on a study of two devotional texts, this article demonstrates that the cult of Husayn was transposed in the second half of the 19th century to a new cult surrounding the āghā khān and members of his family before being abandoned in the context of dissidence against the āghā khān.

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Aug. 29, 2023

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May 31, 2023

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March 10, 2023

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Keywords: Ᾱghā khān • Marsiya • Devotional literature • Imām Ḥusayn • Khojas

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