The devotional literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan
subcontinent is a rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage
of Islam. This book looks at the "ginans", a large corpus of hymns
and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed
to a series of preacher-saints who propagated Ismaili Islam in the
subcontinent over several centuries. The work explores the origins
of this literature in the larger historical, cultural and religious
contexts of the Sufi, Bhakti and Sant movements in medieval India.
The characteristics of the "ginans" are explored and the Khojki
script in which they were written. There is also a look at the
continuing enthusiasm for this poetic tradition in the religious
life of contemporary Nizari Ismaili communities of South Asian
origin.
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