Horse of Karbala

Muslim Devotional Life in India

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D. Pinault

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"Horse of Karbala" is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. These rituals commemorate an event of vital importance to Shia Muslims: the 7th century death of the Imam Husain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the battlefield of Karbala in Iraq. Pinault examines three different forms of ritual commemoration of Husain's death - poetry recital and self flagellation in Hyderabad; stick fighting in Darjeeling and the "Horse of Karbala" procession, in which a stallion representing the mount ridden in battle by Husain is made the center of a public parade in Ladakh and other Indian localities. The book looks at how publicly staged rituals serve to mediate communal relations: in Hyderabad and Darjeeling, between Muslim and Hindu populations; in Ladakh, between Muslims and Buddhists. Attention is also given to controversies within Muslim communities over issues related to Muharram such as the belief in intercession by the Karbala Martyrs on behalf of individual believers.

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DAVID PINAULT is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community.

Release date Australia

March 8th, 2001

Author

D. Pinault

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

XXX, 257 p.

Pages

257

Dimensions

140x216x21

ISBN-13

9780312216375

Product ID

5887232

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