Open AccessChachnama Discourse: The Dichotomy of Islamic Origins in South Asia
Author(s) -
Priyanka Chaudhary,
Sara Rathore
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rupkatha journal on interdisciplinary studies in humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 0975-2935
DOI - 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n2.36a
Subject(s) - islam , narrative , schism , historiography , context (archaeology) , trace (psycholinguistics) , nationalism , historicism , history , gender studies , religious studies , sociology , political science , epistemology , philosophy , law , linguistics , archaeology , politics
The common narrative of the arrival of Islam in South Asia is shaping contemporary discourse on religious nationalism in the subcontinent. However, this common narrative tends to marginalise the origins of Shias in the region. The study employs the critical theory of New Historicism to trace the historiography of the text in context to the schism among Muslims and discusses the ways in which it participates with only the Sunni origins in the region which are in stark contrast to the Shia origins. Therefore, the paper introspects upon whether Chachnama exclusively a Sunni perspective of the conquest. The findings indicate the marginalisation of Shias in the collective narrative of Muslim origins in South Asia.