Ali S Asani

Datos Biográficos

ID1256552
NOMBREAli S Asani
NOMBRESAli S
APELLIDOAsani
FIRMAASANI A S
AFILIACIONESHarvard University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS20
TOTAL DE CITAS13
TOTAL COMO AUTOR20
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1985
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2009
ÍNDICE H2

  • Thirteen Improving the Status of Women Through Reforms in Marriage Contract Law

    Open AccessAli S AsaniCHAPTERIslamic Marriage Contract2009

  • So That You May Know One Another”

    Open AccessAli S AsaniARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2003Citada por: 9Referencias: 1

    This article addresses the anguish and concerns raised by the events of 11 September 2001 among Americans—both Muslims and non-Muslims—about mutual hatred and distrust in light of the Quran. The Holy Book of Islam teaches pluralism, yet on both sides of the imagined fence, this message is misunderstood. It is not so much a clash of civilizations, as some American ideologues propagate, but a clash of ignorance that leads to such perilous situation…

  • Ecstasy and Enlightenment

    Open AccessAli S AsaniBOOKEcstasy and Enlightenment2002

    The devotional literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is a rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage of Islam. This book looks at the "ginans", a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher-saints who propagated Ismaili Islam in the subcontinent over several centuries. The work explores the origins of this literature in the larger historical, cultural…

  • The Khojahs of South Asia

    Open AccessAli S AsaniARTICLECultural Dynamics2001Referencias: 8

    This study explores the manner in which the Khojah (Ismaili) Muslim community of South Asia and Africa has defined, negotiated and compromised its identities in the face of changing political and theological contexts of the past two centuries. The community's story is narrated through examples of the ways in which the Khojah Ismaili tradition acculturated itself to the Indic milieu as well as through reflections on a more exclusively singular Isl…

  • Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance

    Ali S Asani, Tazim R KassamARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1999

  • Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi

    Ali S Asani, Carney E S GavinARTICLEMuqarnas Online1998

    Ali S. Asani, Carney E. S. Gavin, Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi: The Debbas Album of Early-Twentieth-Century Photographs of Pilgrimage Sites in Mecca and Medina, Muqarnas, Vol. 15 (1998), pp. 178-199

  • Through The Lens Of Mirza Of Delhi

    Ali S Asani, Carney E S GavinARTICLEMuqarnas Online1998

  • The Būjh Nirañjan

    Azim Nanji, Azim A Nanji et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1997

  • Make a Shield from Wisdom

    Ali S Asani, Annemarie Schimmel et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1995

  • Dadu

    Ali S Asani, Monika Thiel-HorstmannARTICLEDie Welt des Islams1994

  • Muslim Shrines in India

    Ali S Asani, Christian W Troll et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1993

  • Spectrum

    Salwa Ferahian, John E Leide et al.ARTICLEInstitute of Muslim Minority…1992Referencias: 1

  • Islam in India. Vol. 2

    Ali S Asani, Christian W TrollARTICLEDie Welt des Islams1991

  • Ziarat und Pir-e-Muridi

    Ali S Asani, Harald EinzmannARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1991

  • Islamic Art and Spirituality

    Ali S Asani, Seyyed Hossein NasrARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1990

  • In the Garden of Myrtles

    Ali S Asani, Tor Andrae et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1989

  • The khojahs of Indo‐Pakistan

    Ali S AsaniARTICLEInstitute of Muslim Minority…1987Citada por: 2Referencias: 3

    (1987). The khojahs of Indo‐Pakistan: the quest for an Islamic identity. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs. Journal: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 31-41

  • The Khojkī Script

    Ali S AsaniARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1987Citada por: 2

    The adoption of a communal script was one of the methods employed by several of the subcontinent's ethnic and religious groups to enhance communal solidarity. This article introduces a script heretofore little studied by scholars-the Khojk! script of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of Sind, Gujarat and Punjab. It outlines the salient features of the script's origins, development and significance, both historical and religious. Utilizing evide…

  • The Islamic Syncretistic Tradition in Bengal

    Ali S Asani, Ali Asani et al.REVIEWJournal of the American Oriental…1985

    Asim Roy argues that Islam in Bengal was not a corruption of the real Middle Eastern Islam, as nineteenth-century reformers claimed, but a valid historical religion developed in an area totally different from the Middle East.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These p…

  • Islamic Society on the South Asian Frontier

    Ali S Asani, Stephen Frederic DaleARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1985