This thesis is concerned with providing a perspective on the total heritage - oral, written as well as that observed in a continuing tradition of religious practice - among the Nizari Isma'ilis of the Sub-continent. It initially attempts to define the content and nature of this heritage (collectively termed 'Tradition') with special reference to the ginans preserved in manuscripts. The Tradition is studied with a view to analyzing the self-image therein of those who preached Nizari Isma'ilism, and also with the purpose of reconstructing a history of the da'wa as it spread and developed in the area. The second part focuses on certain specific themes, reflected in a few selected ginans, with a view to determining how certain basic Isma'ili concepts became metamorphosed in the ginans. Such a metamorphosis, it is argues, represents the process by which Nizari Isma'ilism was presented to the new adherents in the context of Indo-Muslim society.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108883 |
| Date | January 1972 |
| Creators | Nanji, Azim. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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