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Journal Article
Making Shiʿism an Indian Religion: A Perspective from the Qutb Shahi Deccan
2020
Overview
Engaging an ethnohistorical approach, this essay examines how the Qutb Shahi
sultans represented themselves locally and regionally through the use of built
space, sponsorship of ritual and innovation of material practices that enabled
diverse constituents of the realm to participate in and remember the martyrdom
of the third Shi'i Imam Husain at the battle of Karbala, Iraq in 680 CE in ways
that made Shiʿism an Indian religion. I use a case study engaging material
culture and built space in imperial Hyderabad to demonstrate how the Qutb Shahi
sultans became Deccani, using Shiʿism as both an expression of their identity
and a polyvalent religio-cultural mediation with the Hindu majority communities
over which they ruled. The essay examines the Charminar of the fifth sultan
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (r. 1580–1612), the monumental gateway to the new city
of Hyderabad, as a polyvalent symbol of their status as Shi'i upholders of
dharmic kingship.
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