The shias of Pakistan [electronic resource] : an assertive and beleaguered minority / Andreas Rieck.

The shias of Pakistan [electronic resource] : an assertive and beleaguered minority / Andreas Rieck.

9780190492113 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xxiii, 540 pages)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190240967 doi

BP192.7.P18 R54 2016eb

305.69782

The Shia minority accounts for some 15 per cent of the population of Pakistan. Indian Shias, whose historical development is examined in the first two chapters, have played a prominent role in Muslim intellectual and political movements which culminated in the establishment of Pakistan in 1947.

The Shia minority accounts for some 15 per cent of the population of Pakistan. Indian Shias, whose historical development is examined in the first two chapters, have played a prominent role in Muslim intellectual and political movements which culminated in the establishment of Pakistan in 1947.

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