Remarques sur les stratifications sociales et les solidarités chez les Musulmans du Sindh colonial
In 1843, the British conquered Sindh to consolidate their western border against Russia’s territorial designs and to control trade in the Indus valley which leads to the Oman sea and the Indian ocean. As elsewhere in the Indian empire, British officers soon became interested in the local populations...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université de Provence
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2721 |
| Summary: | In 1843, the British conquered Sindh to consolidate their western border against Russia’s territorial designs and to control trade in the Indus valley which leads to the Oman sea and the Indian ocean. As elsewhere in the Indian empire, British officers soon became interested in the local populations of this out-of-the-way province that acted as a border between the Hindu dominated territories and the Muslim continuum.They wrote descriptive accounts and compared the populations of Sindh and their occupations with the social and economic organisation of other populations in the empire, and tried to place them within the ideological scheme of Hinduism. These often meticulous reports testified to a thorough knowledge of the populations and provide, even today, most of the data relating to the topic.Our study examines the link between the hierarchization of Muslim populations and the renewed solidarities during the colonial period which extended for about one century. We will first address the importance of one’s occupation in determining status and ranking in the Sindhî Muslim society. We will continue with the question of solidarities from a group hierarchization perspective. Finally we will examine two major issues: which group shares which solidarity, and in which group has solidarity been renewed. |
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| ISSN: | 0997-1327 2105-2271 |