The Da示udi Bohras are a community of Shi士a Ismaili Musta士li Tayyibis, centred around a lineage of revered living preceptors known as du士膩t al-mu峁璴aq墨n (s. d膩士墨 al-mu峁璴aqThe highest rank in the Musta士li Ismaili 诲补士飞补., a summoner with total authority), who currently resides in Mumbai, India.鈥疶his affluent Gujarati merchant community boasts a rich historical legacy in the Indian Ocean world. Vineet Gupta calls attention to certain historical junctures where modernity has transformed the virtues of authority among the Da示udi Bohras.鈥 The articulation of authority in this Muslim community, Gupta proposes, is a dynamic process based on a complex synthesis of spiritual and material, ceremonial and legal, as well as ethical and genealogical sources, reflecting the Gujarati as well as the Fatimid and Tayyibi heritage of the 诲补士飞补Lit. ‘summons’, ‘mission’ or invitation to Islam. Amongst Shi’i Muslims, it was the invitation to adopt the cause of the Imamat. It also refers more specifically to the hierarchy of… (mission).
A Case of Da鈥檜di Bohras of South Asia, 1789-1965
Speakers
Vineet Gupta
PhD (Religion) at the Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville (USA)
Dissertation Title: The Da鈥榠: Articulating Authority among Da鈥檜di Bohras of South Asia, 1787-1921.
Dagikhudo Dagiev
Senior Research Associate
Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate at the IIS, where he is also coordinating IIS Scholarships and Fellowships. He completed his MPhil Degree in Eurasian Studies from Oxford University and was awarded PhD in Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL).
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