Sufism and saint veneration in contemporary Bangladesh: the Maijbhandaris of Chittagong

Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of contemporary Bengali Islam...

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Main Author: Harder, Hans (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2011
Series:Routledge advances in South Asian studies
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505 8 |a Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Transliteration and writing conventions; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Approaching Maijbhandar; 1.2 Shrines in Chittagong; 1.3 Maijbhandar: a shrine complex and religious movement; 1.4 Historical outline; 2 Structure and religious practice; 2.1 Structure of the Maijbhandari movement; 2.2 Religious practice in Maijbhandar; 3 Theological and hagiological writings; 3.1 Love ('išq, prem); 3.2 Light (nur); 3.3 Stations (maqamat) 
505 8 |a 3.4 Manifest (zahir) and concealed (batin), šari'a and tariqa3.5 Unity (tawhid); 3.6 Spiritual sovereignty (wilaya); 3.7 The Maijbhandari tariqa; 4 Hagiographies; 4.1 Muslim hagiography in Bengal; 4.2 Maijbhandari hagiographies; 4.3 Hagiographies about founding Saint Gawt al-A'zam Ahmadullah Maijbhandari (1829-1906); 4.4 Hagiographies about the second great Maijbhandari saint, Gholam Rahman alias Baba Bhandari (1865-1937); 4.5 Shahanshah Ziaul Haq Maijbhandari (1928-88); 4.6 Syed Shafiul Bashar (1919-2001); 4.7 Analysis; 5 Maijbhandari songs; 5.1 Origins and basic properties 
505 8 |a 5.2 Performance situations5.3 Debates on audition (sama'); 5.4 Musical performance; 5.5 Classifications of Maijbhandari songs; 5.6 Language and communicative design; 5.7 Motifs of Maijbhandari songs; 5.8 Conclusion; 6 Songs in contemporary Maijbhandari interpretations; 6.1 Boat journeys and sandhabhasa; 6.2 Lovers as Radha and Krishna; 6.3 Symbolical changes of sex; 6.4 The avatara concept; 7 Contextualising Maijbhandar; 7.1 'Syncretism', 'little tradition', 'discursive fields'; 7.2 Correlating Maijbhandar with Islam and other religions 
505 8 |a 7.3 Lack of structural fixity: a sketch of the discursive field of Maijbhandar7.4 How does Maijbhandar work? An interpretation; 8 Conclusion: a note on Bengali Islam; 8.1 The configuration of shrine and pir veneration in Bengal; 8.2 Medieval Bengali Islamic literature: documentation rather than mediation; 8.3 On Bengali Islam; Appendix I: translations of selected Maijbhandari songs; Appendix II: glossary of terms; Bibliography; Index 
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