Kumail Rajani
Biographic Data
| ID | 702675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kumail Rajani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kumail |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajani |
| SIGNATURE | RAJANI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0876-1691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kachchhi-Gujarati navigation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
This article offers a detailed analysis of a Kachchhi-Gujarati manuscript chart of the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden dating probably from the eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries and held at the Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers in London (mr Asia S.4.). The origins and possible dating of the manuscript are examined. Astronomical data inscribed on the chart, establishing latitude and providing sailing directions,…
Aga Khan or Ayatullah
The Khojas are a caste-based community that emerged in the fourteenth century across Sindh, Kutch, and Kathiawar. * For centuries, they maintained a distinct identity that blended Hindu and Islamic traditions, which resisted rigid classification within either religious framework. The nineteenth century, however, brought profound change through two major schisms that reshaped their religious and social identity. The first, rooted in disputes over …
Two-Layered Sharīʿa
This article examines the historical background of the distinction between farāʾiḍ and sunan laws in early Shiʿi hadith literature. Unlike the farāʾiḍ , which are understood as laws that have been decreed by God, sunan are characterized as laws stipulated by the Prophet without any direct divine intervention. The Prophet is entrusted, Shiʿi hadiths suggest, with the authority of legislative delegation ( tafwīḍ al-tashrīʿ ). In this article I will…
Between Qum and Qayrawān
In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shii ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century. This method, besides answering the question of historicity, enables us to understand the dissemination of texts across times and regions. As a case-study, I examine what is alleged to have been the first Shii legal ḥadı̄th collection, a work attributed to ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī…
Between Qum and Qayrawān
In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shii ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century. This method, besides answering the question of historicity, enables us to understand the dissemination of texts across times and regions. As a case-study, I examine what is alleged to have been the first Shii legal ḥadı̄th collection, a work attributed to ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī…
Between Qum and Qayrawān
In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shii ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century. This method, besides answering the question of historicity, enables us to understand the dissemination of texts across times and regions. As a case-study, I examine what is alleged to have been the first Shii legal ḥadı̄th collection, a work attributed to ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī…
Aga Khan or Ayatullah
The Khojas are a caste-based community that emerged in the fourteenth century across Sindh, Kutch, and Kathiawar. * For centuries, they maintained a distinct identity that blended Hindu and Islamic traditions, which resisted rigid classification within either religious framework. The nineteenth century, however, brought profound change through two major schisms that reshaped their religious and social identity. The first, rooted in disputes over …
Two-Layered Sharīʿa
This article examines the historical background of the distinction between farāʾiḍ and sunan laws in early Shiʿi hadith literature. Unlike the farāʾiḍ , which are understood as laws that have been decreed by God, sunan are characterized as laws stipulated by the Prophet without any direct divine intervention. The Prophet is entrusted, Shiʿi hadiths suggest, with the authority of legislative delegation ( tafwīḍ al-tashrīʿ ). In this article I will…
Kachchhi-Gujarati navigation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
This article offers a detailed analysis of a Kachchhi-Gujarati manuscript chart of the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden dating probably from the eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries and held at the Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers in London (mr Asia S.4.). The origins and possible dating of the manuscript are examined. Astronomical data inscribed on the chart, establishing latitude and providing sailing directions,…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)