Ismaili Hymns from South Asia: An Introduction to the Ginans

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ISMAILI HYMNS FROM SOUTH ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GINANS
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
CONVENTIONS
Map of principal places mentioned
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: ISMAILISM IN SOUTH AISA AND GINANS
01 ISMAILISM IN SOUTH ASIA
01: 1 Ismailism within Islam
01: 2 The Pirs and Sayyids
01: 3 The Aga Khans
01: 4 The Khojas
01: 5 Rituals and institutions
02 THE GINANS
02: 1 Textual transmission
02: 2 The ginanic repertoire
02: 3 The ginanic themes
02: 4 Forms and styles
02: 5 South Asian parallels
Examples of Khojki script
PART II: SCRIPT AND LANGUAGE
03 THE KHOJKI SCRIPT
03: 1 Development of the script
03: 2 The syllabary
03: 3 Vowel-signs and additional symbols
03: 4 Transcription
03: 5 Variant spellings
04 THE LANGUAGE OF THE GINANS
04: 1 General analysis
04: 2 Masculine/neuter nouns
04: 3 Feminine nouns
04: 4 Adjectives
04: 5 Numerals
04: 6 Postpositions
04: 7 Personal pronouns
04: 8 Other pronouns
04: 9 Pronominal sets
04: 10 Other word-classes
04: 11 Substantive verb
04: 12 Verb stems and absolutives
04: 13 Infinitives and gerundives
04: 14 Present participles
04: 15 Past participles
04: 16 Imperatives
04: 17 Present tenses
04: 18 Futures
04: 19 Compound verbs
BIBLIOGRAPHY
TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
I HYMNS OF INSTRUCTION
1 So kiriā
1 Pir Sadruddin: The Hundred Good Deeds
2 Pir Indr Imamuddin
3 Pir Sadruddin
4 Pir Nur Satgur
5 Pir Shams
6 Sayyid Muhammad Shah
7 Sayyid Qutbuddin
8 Pir Tajuddin
9 Saloko nāno
9 Pir Sadruddin: The Shorter Couplets
9A Śri sadgor nā ślok
II RITUAL HYMNS
10 Mubāraki dhani salāmat je takhat ji
10 Enthronement Hymn
11 Pir Indr Imamuddin: The Lord's Letter
12 Pir Sadruddin: The Lord is Coming
13 Navaroj nun ginān
14 Coghadiā sānjh nā
13 Sayyid Fateh Ali Shah: New Year Hymn
14 Pir Sadruddin: Evening Hymn
15 Ghat-pāt nun gmān
15 Pir Sadruddin: Hymn of the Holy Water
16 Parabhātio
17 Baraham parakāś
16 Sayyid Imam Shah: Morning Hymn
17 Pir Shams: The Divine Revelation
III DEVOTIONAL HYMNS
18 Pir Mira Sayyid Khan
19 Venati
19 Pir Hasan Kabiruddin: Entreaty
20 Venati
20 Sayyid Abdul Nabi: Entreaty
21 Pir Sadruddin
22 Pir Shams
23 Pir Shams
IV THE COSMIC CYCLE
24 Muman cit-veni
24 Pir Sadruddin: Reminder to Believers
25 Pir Shams
26 Pir Sadruddin
28 Kalām môlā nā: bayān sāc kā
27 Pir Shams
28 The Lord Ali's Teachings: The Description of Truth
29 Sayyid Ghulam Ali Shah
30 Pir Sadruddin
31 Pir Shams
32 Pir Sadruddin
33 Pir Sadruddin
V: TALES OF THE MISSION
34 Putalā
34 Pir Nur Satgur The Idols
35 Sat-gur nur nā vivā
35 Pir Hasan Kabiruddin: The Marriage of Nur Satgur
36 Garabi
36 Pir Shams: The Song of the Dance
37 Pir Shams
38 Sat-varani vadi
38 Sayyid Nar Muhammad Shah: The Greater Account of the Truth
39 Pir Hasan Kabiruddin
40 Janat-puri
40 Sayyid Imam Shah: The City of Paradise
NOTES, GLOSSARY AND INDEXES
NOTES: HYMNS 1-9A
NOTES: HYMNS 10-17
NOTES: HYMNS 18-23
NOTES: HYMNS 24-33
NOTES: HYMNS 34-40
GLOSSARY
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
SUBJECT INDEX
INDEX OF NAMES