Thesis
The 1915 anti-Moor pogrom and ethno-religious violence in Ceylon, 1853-1915
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The 1915 anti-Moor pogrom was the first major episode of popular ethno-religious violence in Ceylon. Between 29 May and 6 June 1915, Sinhalese-led violence targeted Moors (the largest Muslim ethnic group in Ceylon), and included murders, rapes, assaults, attacks on mosques and homes, and the destruction of over 4,000 shops. The spectre of ‘1915’ has in the last decade received renewed attention in the context of escalating anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka (Ceylon was renamed in 1972). Why...
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+ Strathern, A
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-2081-5448
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
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English
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- Deposit date:
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2022-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Wettimuny, S
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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