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Gautier, L., & Levesque, J. (2020). Introduction: Historicizing Sayyid-ness: Social Status and Muslim Identity in South Asia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1-11.

by CSH Delhi · March 11, 2020

Full version of the article available here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/introduction-historicizing-sayyidness-social-status-and-muslim-identity-in-south-asia/6E679081E745C0C1CF3E3F277E2D6FB7

This article serves as an introduction for a special release of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society that will be co-edited by CSH members Julien Levesque and Laurence Gautier, to be available later this year.

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