Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance Hymns of the Satpanth Isma'ili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams

Name: Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance Hymns of the Satpanth Isma'ili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams
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ISBN: 9780791425916

ISBN-10: 0791425916

ISBN-13: 9780791425916

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Authors: Tazim R. Kassam

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Book details

List price: $99.00
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 8/17/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Professor Tazim R. Kassam is a historian specializing in religions particularly Islamic cultures. She chairs the Department of Religion at Syracuse University and is Director of its Muslim Cultures programme in London. Her book Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance offers the most extensive translation of Ginans of Pir Shams.



Acknowledgments


Transliteration


Map


Chronology of Events (C.E.)



Ginans: A Wonderful Tradition


Satpanth Isma'ilism in the Context of Isma'ili Studies: Marginal Territory


Rethinking the Emergence and Significance of Satpanth Isma'ilism


Pir Shams: Problems of Historical Identity


Conclusion: Recovering History and Tradition


Notes



Translator's Preface


Introduction to the Anthology


Notes


Translations of Mahan Ismaili Santa Pir Shams Racit Ginanono Sangraha (An Anthology of Ginans composed by the Great Isma'ili Saint, Pir Shams)



Incipits



Translation of "A Short Life-History of Our Twenty-Third Pir-Hadrat Pir Shams al-Din Sabzawari" in the Anthology



Notes on Names and Epithets in the Anthology


Bibliography


Index