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Various charts pertaining to ismaili history compiled from various sources, mainly from Nargis Mawjee's Histoire des Ismaeliens

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In the Aga Khan Case of 1866, the Bombay High Court’s redefinition of a caste group of
khojas as ‘Ismaili’ resulted in the institution of a uniform religious identity that undermined
the pluralistic character of Islamic practices in South Asia. The colonial court’s
monolithic understanding of khoja identity as ‘Ismaili’ has continued to influence the
community’s self-understanding to the present day. In this paper, I question this dominant
narrative in which khojas were identified as ‘Ismaili’. I argue that the early modern
Gujarati poem of the gina¯n genre, Dasavata¯r, became essential to the making of Ismaili
Muslim identity in the nineteenth century. I read the Dasavata¯r gina¯n as a conduit of
khojas’ religious beliefs to produce an alternative history of Ismaili community formation.
This discussion of Dasavata¯r explores the workings of global Islam in microcosm.
It shows that the ‘borrowings’ which transpire within the Indo-Islamic ecumene cannot be
conceptualized through notions of ‘sect’ or as an addendum to a Middle East-centered
Islamic grand narrative, which is how the Ismailis continue to be described in authoritative
accounts.

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Selected verses on Our eternal religion, and Dassond as a path to Salvation.

Versets sur L’ éternite de notre religion, et le Dassond comme étant un chemin vers le salût

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Aashaajee Deeyo Dassond ne Nar-ne srevo
to man kareeyo vadhaai-yun jee
to mahaadan tam-ne doylo na laage
beso Gur-Nar ne paas...82

Hari Anant Anant Hari Anantejo Sami
Shah Anantejo Ant Tuhi Jaaneji

Aashaajee Aal Imaam thi Ali jee aavyaa
Sohee aaj kaljug maanhe bettha jee
avtaar-e avtaar-e aal lakhaannee
so kem duja hove...92

Hari Anant Anant Hari Anantejo Sami
Shah Anantejo Ant Tuhi Jaaneji

Aashaajee Deen rachaavee rachanaa keedhee
keeyaa hay deen keertaar jee
Rasul thee jo aal-j chaalee
te Ali kero parivaar..376

Hari Anant Anant Hari Anantejo Sami
Shah Anantejo Ant Tuhi Jaaneji

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Selected verses, showing the True Recognition of Imam as a path to Salvation.
Extrait montrant la Vraie Reconaissance de l’Imam comme étant un chemin vers le Salût
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Eji Ae ghar sreve je satsoon,
Tena patak sarve jay,
Avtare avtar orkhe,
Tene pahele moksh muktaj thay

Cheto Rikhissaro Gur kahe sacha satgure em kahiya

Eji Ali te to sahi allah kahiye
Tema oocho nahire lagaar
Ame aene manio sidak soon
Aeno nam che jallshanaho aakar

Cheto Rikhissaro Gur kahe sacha satgure em kahiya

Eji Ali dware ame aaviya
Jyan choote te sarve jivoone janjal
Jyan hiana khiana aage kainjiv odhariya
Tyan ya Ali amaro jiv che umedvar

Cheto Rikhissaro Gur kahe sacha satgure em kahiya

Eji Amare vachane je jiv chalshe
Te to ae dhar meli nahi jashe bahar
Te nar Sri Islamshah ne Allah kari manshe
Aema shak na aanshe lagaar

Cheto Rikhissaro Gur kahe sacha satgure em kahiya

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Good attidudes & behaviors to apply in our present, daily lives.

Conseils pour nos attitudes et comportements dans notre vie quotidienne.

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Foreword by W. Somerset Maugham London, Cassell; 1954 (xvii + 305 pages. Illus. Index 81/2 x 51/2. 21sh.)

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Bibliog.illus. Index. (Studies on the Near East) $25.00 LC 73 - 112992. ISBN 0-691-03085-5. DT 143. A26. DDC 916.2'1603

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