Michel Boivin is an historian and anthropologist and currently Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris.

Fascinating ... Sheds much light on an important subject.

• Acknowledgements Table of maps, charts, and photos Table of annexes introduction Mapping the issue: From Sindh to the Sindhicate area Sufism and the Sufi culture of Sindh The Sufi and Hindu Encounter as an issue in Social Sciences Hinduism and Sufism in the Sindhicate area Chapter 1the religious market in sindh ON the eve of partition Social structure and religious belonging in colonial Sindh The Amils, the intelligentsia, and the objectification of Sufism The recomposition of the religious scene and thedarbar cultureThe birth of a middle class and the emergence of Hindu Sufi paths Partition in Sindh Conclusion Chapter 2the new settlement and the making of the darbars Building the darbars in IndiaAuthority, the legitimization process, and successionNaming the shrine in India as a first step Sacralising the new territory Conclusion Chapter 3Sufi poetry and the production of the mystical space… Bhakti and Vedanta The classical Sufi corpus The modern Sufi corpus The vernacular ideology of the wahdat-e wujud Hindu references in the Sufi Poetry Conclusion Chapter 4alternative Sufi structures as networking india and beyond… The darbar and its extensions The samadhias an alternative Sufi structure The Sufi mandir and the pilgrimage to Bijapur Mulchand Kafi Conclusion Chapter 5rituals as connecting spaces and community Iconography as an idiom of transference Initiation and meditation Daily rituals and informal Sufi practices Annual fairs: From urs to versiThe 'Darazi satsangs'Conclusion Chapter 6the transmission of the sufi legacy in india Ram Panjwani (1911-1987) and the challenge of post-partition transmission Non-poetic chains for the transmission of Sufism Other networks of transmission The role of the diaspora in the transmission of the Sufi legacy Conclusion Chapter 7the sufi paths and the Hindus of Sindh in Pakistan Sindhi Encounters between Sufism and Hinduism The Hindus and the Sehwan system The “Hindu dargah” of Tando Ahmad Khan, or framing a new category Neither Hindu, nor Muslim: The Sufi-related cults of the Sindhi Dalits Conclusion GENERAL Conclusion Glossary Annexes 1. Abstracts of Sufi poetry in Sindhi and English translation2. Hindu Sufis'silsilas in Sindh Bibliography Index

Michel Boivin is an historian and anthropologist and currently Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris.

Fascinating ... Sheds much light on an important subject.

• Acknowledgements Table of maps, charts, and photos Table of annexes introduction Mapping the issue: From Sindh to the Sindhicate area Sufism and the Sufi culture of Sindh The Sufi and Hindu Encounter as an issue in Social Sciences Hinduism and Sufism in the Sindhicate area Chapter 1the religious market in sindh ON the eve of partition Social structure and religious belonging in colonial Sindh The Amils, the intelligentsia, and the objectification of Sufism The recomposition of the religious scene and thedarbar cultureThe birth of a middle class and the emergence of Hindu Sufi paths Partition in Sindh Conclusion Chapter 2the new settlement and the making of the darbars Building the darbars in IndiaAuthority, the legitimization process, and successionNaming the shrine in India as a first step Sacralising the new territory Conclusion Chapter 3Sufi poetry and the production of the mystical space… Bhakti and Vedanta The classical Sufi corpus The modern Sufi corpus The vernacular ideology of the wahdat-e wujud Hindu references in the Sufi Poetry Conclusion Chapter 4alternative Sufi structures as networking india and beyond… The darbar and its extensions The samadhias an alternative Sufi structure The Sufi mandir and the pilgrimage to Bijapur Mulchand Kafi Conclusion Chapter 5rituals as connecting spaces and community Iconography as an idiom of transference Initiation and meditation Daily rituals and informal Sufi practices Annual fairs: From urs to versiThe 'Darazi satsangs'Conclusion Chapter 6the transmission of the sufi legacy in india Ram Panjwani (1911-1987) and the challenge of post-partition transmission Non-poetic chains for the transmission of Sufism Other networks of transmission The role of the diaspora in the transmission of the Sufi legacy Conclusion Chapter 7the sufi paths and the Hindus of Sindh in Pakistan Sindhi Encounters between Sufism and Hinduism The Hindus and the Sehwan system The “Hindu dargah” of Tando Ahmad Khan, or framing a new category Neither Hindu, nor Muslim: The Sufi-related cults of the Sindhi Dalits Conclusion GENERAL Conclusion Glossary Annexes 1. Abstracts of Sufi poetry in Sindhi and English translation2. Hindu Sufis'silsilas in Sindh Bibliography Index