Hakim Sameer Hamdani is Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, Kashmir. He has published in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture amongst others and his book The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir is forthcoming.

Shi'ism in Kashmir is a richly documented and immensely valuable addition to the literature on Islam in South Asia. Highlighting the historical complexity of a pivotal region, the book shows how Islamic ideas and identities form, and constantly evolve, in conjunction with political and sociocultural circumstances. The book is an indispensable resource…

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Conventions Introduction 1. Not Quite Taqiyaa: Kashmiri Shi'i at the Start of the Nineteenth Century 2. Mapping Existence: In Search of Patronage and Protection 3. Shi'i Identity, Sunni Space, and Non-Muslim Rule 4. Dissensions within the Muminin: Challenging the Elite 5. Moving Toward a Unified Muslim IdentityAppendix I: Letter of ?akim ?A?im, written to Moulvi Sayyid Rajab ?Ali Shah 161Appendix II: Groans of the Muslims of KashmirNotes Bibliography Index

Hakim Sameer Hamdani is Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, Kashmir. He has published in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture amongst others and his book The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir is forthcoming.

Shi'ism in Kashmir is a richly documented and immensely valuable addition to the literature on Islam in South Asia. Highlighting the historical complexity of a pivotal region, the book shows how Islamic ideas and identities form, and constantly evolve, in conjunction with political and sociocultural circumstances. The book is an indispensable resource…

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Conventions Introduction 1. Not Quite Taqiyaa: Kashmiri Shi'i at the Start of the Nineteenth Century 2. Mapping Existence: In Search of Patronage and Protection 3. Shi'i Identity, Sunni Space, and Non-Muslim Rule 4. Dissensions within the Muminin: Challenging the Elite 5. Moving Toward a Unified Muslim IdentityAppendix I: Letter of ?akim ?A?im, written to Moulvi Sayyid Rajab ?Ali Shah 161Appendix II: Groans of the Muslims of KashmirNotes Bibliography Index

Hakim Sameer Hamdani is Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, Kashmir. He has published in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture amongst others and his book The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir is forthcoming.

Shi'ism in Kashmir is a richly documented and immensely valuable addition to the literature on Islam in South Asia. Highlighting the historical complexity of a pivotal region, the book shows how Islamic ideas and identities form, and constantly evolve, in conjunction with political and sociocultural circumstances. The book is an indispensable resource…

• List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Conventions Introduction 1. Not Quite Taqiyaa: Kashmiri Shi'i at the Start of the Nineteenth Century 2. Mapping Existence: In Search of Patronage and Protection 3. Shi'i Identity, Sunni Space, and Non-Muslim Rule 4. Dissensions within the Muminin: Challenging the Elite 5. Moving Toward a Unified Muslim IdentityAppendix I: Letter of ?akim ?A?im, written to Moulvi Sayyid Rajab ?Ali Shah 161Appendix II: Groans of the Muslims of KashmirNotes Bibliography Index