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Pirs and politics in Punjab, 1937-2013
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This paper provides a first systematic mapping of politically influential shrines across Pakistani Punjab by identifying shrine-related families that have directly participated in elections since 1937. One of the earliest entrants in the politics of pre-partition Punjab, shrine elites (pīrs) have shown remarkable persistence in electoral politics post-independence. We find striking long-run continuities in the initial configuration of religion, land and politics fostered during colonial rule ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S0026749X16000949
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Modern Asian Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1818-1861
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-26
- DOI:
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1469-8099
- ISSN:
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0026-749X
- Source identifiers:
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680714
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pubs:680714
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © Cambridge University Press 2018
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