Minority Pasts
Locality, Emotions, and Belonging in Princely Rampur
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9788194831686
Publication date:
07/07/2022
Hardback
336 pages
Price: 1695.00 INR
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ISBN:
9788194831686
Publication date:
07/07/2022
Hardback
336 pages
Dr. Razak Khan
Minority Pasts explores the diversity of the histories and identities of Muslims in Rampur—the last Muslim-ruled princely state in colonial United Provinces and a city that is pejoratively labelled as the centre of “Muslim votebank” politics in contemporary Uttar Pradesh. The book highlights the importance of locality and emotions in shaping Muslim identities, politics, and belonging in Rampur. The book shows that we need to move beyond such homogeneous categories of nation and region, in order to comprehend local dynamics that allow a better and closer understanding of the historical re-negotiations of politics and identities by Muslims in South Asia.
This is the first comprehensive English-language monograph on the local history and politics of Rampur princely state, based on Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, and English archives and oral histories of Rampuris. The book provides insights into the various facets of the political, economic, religious, literary, socio-cultural, and affective history of Rampur and Rampuris in India and Pakistan.
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Dr. Razak Khan
Description
Minority Pasts explores the diversity of the histories and identities of Muslims in Rampur—the last Muslim-ruled princely state in colonial United Provinces and a city that is pejoratively labelled as the centre of “Muslim votebank” politics in contemporary Uttar Pradesh. The book highlights the importance of locality and emotions in shaping Muslim identities, politics, and belonging in Rampur. The book shows that we need to move beyond such homogeneous categories of nation and region, in order to comprehend local dynamics that allow a better and closer understanding of the historical re-negotiations of politics and identities by Muslims in South Asia.
This is the first comprehensive English-language monograph on the local history and politics of Rampur princely state, based on Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, and English archives and oral histories of Rampuris. The book provides insights into the various facets of the political, economic, religious, literary, socio-cultural, and affective history of Rampur and Rampuris in India and Pakistan.
About the author:
Dr. Razak Khan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, Germany. He researches and writes about the socio-cultural, intellectual, and affective history of South Asian Muslims in Modern India and Germany. He has published articles and edited special issues in the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (Brill, 2015) and Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Duke University Press, 2020). He recently also edited The Incomparable Festival (Penguin, 2021).
Dr. Razak Khan
Table of contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Oasis in the Desert: Rampur as a "Muslim Princely State" in the Aftermath of 1857
2. Courtly Modernity: Tradition, Reform, and the Politics of "Muslim Culture"
3. Princely Progress: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Cultures of "Muslim Politics"
4. Locality, Genre, and Self-Definitions of Rampuris
5.Princely Past, Subaltern Present: Memory, History, and Emotions
Epilogue: A City Named Rampur in the "Muslim Belt" of Uttar Pradesh
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Dr. Razak Khan
Dr. Razak Khan
Description
Minority Pasts explores the diversity of the histories and identities of Muslims in Rampur—the last Muslim-ruled princely state in colonial United Provinces and a city that is pejoratively labelled as the centre of “Muslim votebank” politics in contemporary Uttar Pradesh. The book highlights the importance of locality and emotions in shaping Muslim identities, politics, and belonging in Rampur. The book shows that we need to move beyond such homogeneous categories of nation and region, in order to comprehend local dynamics that allow a better and closer understanding of the historical re-negotiations of politics and identities by Muslims in South Asia.
This is the first comprehensive English-language monograph on the local history and politics of Rampur princely state, based on Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, and English archives and oral histories of Rampuris. The book provides insights into the various facets of the political, economic, religious, literary, socio-cultural, and affective history of Rampur and Rampuris in India and Pakistan.
About the author:
Dr. Razak Khan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, Germany. He researches and writes about the socio-cultural, intellectual, and affective history of South Asian Muslims in Modern India and Germany. He has published articles and edited special issues in the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (Brill, 2015) and Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Duke University Press, 2020). He recently also edited The Incomparable Festival (Penguin, 2021).
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Oasis in the Desert: Rampur as a "Muslim Princely State" in the Aftermath of 1857
2. Courtly Modernity: Tradition, Reform, and the Politics of "Muslim Culture"
3. Princely Progress: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Cultures of "Muslim Politics"
4. Locality, Genre, and Self-Definitions of Rampuris
5.Princely Past, Subaltern Present: Memory, History, and Emotions
Epilogue: A City Named Rampur in the "Muslim Belt" of Uttar Pradesh
Notes
Bibliography
Index
