Mosques of colonial South Asia : a social and legal history of Muslim worship / Sana Haroon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haroon, Sana, author.

Series:

Library of Islamic South Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mosques--History--South Asia.

Mosques.

South Asia--Religious life and customs.

South Asia.

South Asia--Colonial influence.

Waqf.

Colonial influence.

Islam and state.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury, 2021.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places of worship. Their efforts failed as the ideals they presented flew in the face of colonial secularism. This book looks at the legal history of Muslim endowments and the intellectual and social history of sectarian identities, demonstrating how these topics are interconnected in ways that affected the everyday lives of mosque congregants across North India. Through the use of legal records, archives and multiple case studies Sana Haroon ties a series of narrative threads stretching across multiple regions in Colonial South Asia."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration

1. Tajpur, Bihar, 1891: Leadership in Congregational Prayer

2. Rangoon, 1916: Muslim Diversity and Custodial Control of Instruction in the Mosque

3. Aurangabad and Kanpur U.P., 1924: The Magistrate's Control of the Mosque Perimeter

4. Lahore, 1940: Government Control over the Land Record

5. Kora Jahanabad, U.P., 1947: The Affirmation of General Rights in Waqfs by Expert Muslims

Afterword

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780755634477

OCLC:

1238133881

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.