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 seventh-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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"...a refreshingly readable account that is accessible to undergraduates and graduates alike."--Frank J. Korom, Religious Studies Review
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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 (SMP, 1992).
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Imam Husain, Day of the Lion, Shia Islam, Darjeeling's Muharram, Horse of Karbala, Yawm-e Asad, Fatima Kubra, Anjuman-e Imamia, Old City, Chushot Yoghma, Ahl-e Bayt, Ladakhi Shia, Sunni Muslims, Hazrat Abbas, Jami Masjid, Ladakh Buddhist Association, Leh's Shias, Social Boycott, South Asia, Umm Kulthum, Zakir Husain Busti, Five Pillars, Kargil Crisis, Ladakhi Buddhists, Line of Control New!
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Imam Husain, Day of the Lion, Shia Islam, Darjeeling's Muharram, Horse of Karbala, Yawm-e Asad, Fatima Kubra, Anjuman-e Imamia, Old City, Chushot Yoghma, Ahl-e Bayt, Ladakhi Shia, Sunni Muslims, Hazrat Abbas, Jami Masjid, Ladakh Buddhist Association, Leh's Shias, Social Boycott, South Asia, Umm Kulthum, Zakir Husain Busti, Five Pillars, Kargil Crisis, Ladakhi Buddhists, Line of Control New!
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- The Martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran by Kamran Scot Aghaie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran by Charles Kurzman in Back Matter
- Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam by Juan Cole in Back Matter
- Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora by Frank J. Korom in Back Matter
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