dc.contributor.author
Niazi, Soheb
dc.date.accessioned
2020-09-01T12:18:09Z
dc.date.available
2020-09-01T12:18:09Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/28148
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-27898
dc.description.abstract
While Islamic scriptures like the Quran and Hadith are often quoted to negate the existence of social stratification among Muslims, authors of genealogical texts rely on the very same scriptures to foreground and legitimise discussions on descent and lineage. In the South Asian context, several conceptions of hierarchy as practised by Muslims in north India evolved over the course of colonial rule and were deployed interchangeably by Sayyids. These were based on notions of race, ethnicity, respectability and nobility, and occupational distinctions as well as narratives that referred to the history of early Islam. This article contributes to the study of social stratification among South Asian Muslims by exploring the evolution of Urdu tarikh (historical texts) produced by Sayyid men in the qasbah of Amroha in the Rohilkhand region of the United Provinces during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Sayyid authors narrated the past through the medium of nasab (genealogy). While their texts place emphasis on lineage and descent to legitimise a superior social status for Sayyids, they also shed light on the changing social and material context of the local qasbah politics with the discourse on genealogy evolving into a form that engaged with social contestations.
en
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Colonial India
en
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title
Sayyids and Social Stratification of Muslims in Colonial India
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.title.subtitle
Genealogy and Narration of the Past in Amroha
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1017/S1356186320000358
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
467
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
487
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
30
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186320000358
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.funding
Open Access in Konsortiallizenz - Cambridge
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1474-0591
dcterms.isPartOf.zdb
2052836-X