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100 1  Pinault, David. 
245 14 The Shiites :|britual and popular piety in a Muslim 
       community /|cDavid Pinault. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c1993. 
264  4 |c©1992 
300    xiii, 210 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references ([197]-204) and index.
505 0  pt. 1. An introduction to the Shiite tradition in Islam. 
       Shiism : an overview -- Essential of Islam common to the 
       Shiite and Sunni traditions -- Shiite Ta'wil : the 
       esoteric dimension of Quranic scripture -- Variations on 
       the esoteric tradition in poetry and theosophy : examples 
       from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo -- The 
       patterns that inform history : Shiite worldviews and the 
       understanding of past and future -- Shiism in India : 
       historical background and cultural influences -- 
       Representations of Muharram in British fiction and memoirs
       from the Raj -- pt. 2. Ritual and popular devotion in a 
       Shiite community : Muharram liturgies of Hyderabad. Shiite
       shrines of the old city -- Shiite men's guilds of 
       Hyderabad : an overview -- Lamentation rituals : Shiite 
       justification for Matam (acts of mourning and self-
       mortification) -- Lamentation rituals : liturgical forms 
       of Matam -- The Majlis liturgy : sermon topics and Shiite 
       self-definition -- The role of liturgy in reinforcing 
       communal identity -- Preparations for the Muharram season 
       : rehearsal sessions and the training of the chorus in a 
       Shiite men's guild -- Liturgy as drama : the seventh of 
       Muharram and the bridegroom of Karbala's procession -- 
       Cooperation and competition among the men's guilds -- 
       Criticisms directed against the men's guilds -- Muharram 
       liturgies and Hindu-Muslim relations in Hyderabad. pt. 3. 
       Conclusion. Hyderabad and the world community of Shiite 
       Islam.  
650  0 Shīʻah|zIndia|zHyderabad. 
650  0 Shīʻah. 
651  0 Hyderabad (India)|xReligious life. 
898    qbibliographies 
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