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Opposition and Memory in the Khudai Khidmatgar Movement

Автор: Mukulika Banerjee

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: James Currey

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The Pukhtun (Pathan) of the North West Frontier are regarded as a warrior people. Yet in the inter-w...

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Автор

Mukulika Banerjee

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2000

страници

258

EAN

9780852552735

ISBN

0852552734

Enbook ID

04944482

Издател

James Currey

Теглоt

367

Размери

156 x 234 x 13

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The Pukhtun (Pathan) of the North West Frontier are regarded as a warrior people. Yet in the inter-war years there arose a Muslim movement, the Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), which adopted military forms of organizations and dress, but which also drew its inspiration from Gandhian principles of non-violent action and was dedicated to an Indian nationalism rather than communal separatism. Virtually erased from the national historiography of post-partition Pakistan, where they now reside, the ageing veterans of the movement are still highly respected by younger Pukhtun. This is an account of rank and file members of the Khudai Khidmatgar, describing why they joined, what they did, and how they perceived the ethics and aims of the movement. It attempts to answer the questions of how notoriously violent Pukhtun were converted to an ethic of non-violence. It finds the answer rooted in the transformation of older social structures, Islamic revisionism and the redefinition of the traditional code of honour. India: OUP; Pakistan: OUP Series Editors: Wendy James & N.J. Allen

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