Le mahdi oublié de l'Inde britannique : Sayyid Ahmad Barelwî (1786-1831), ses disciples, ses adversaires

Leaving aside Indian and Pakistani nationalist interpretations, this paper reinstates the millenarian dimension of the career of Sayyid Ahmad Barelwî (1786-1831). This Naqshbandi Sufi, who was successively a soldier and a religious reformer, launched ajihâdin 1826 against the Sikhs and the British p...

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Main Author: Marc Gaborieau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2000-07-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/259