La sociologie de l'engagement politique : le Mahdawîya indien et l'État by Derryl N. MacLean

“…This paper examines the interpretative capacity and political volatility of the Mahdawîya movement founded by Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpûrî (1443-1505) which spread widely across South Asia. The movement's engagement with the Mughal state, it is argued, varied with social location, moving from jihad activism to hijra communal withdrawal, a process requiring continual reinterpretation of texts. …”
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