Architecture, Islam and Kashmir
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Architecture, Islam and Kashmir
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Islam, architecture and Kashmir are great indicators of the region's history. We take a look at the essential Kashmiri history; from the origins of Islam in Kashmir to the politics of empire and also the history of Shias in Kashmir.
Our guest is Sameer Hamdani. He is the Design Director at INTACH Kashmir, whose primary area of research is in the field of Islamic religious architecture in South Asia. He has widely written on the Muslim material culture of Kashmir. The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir (Early 14th ‐ 18th Century) and Shi’ism in Kashmir: A history of Sunni‐Shia rivalry and reconciliation.
The language is in Kashmiri, Urdu and English.
0:00 - Uniqueness of Kashmir
1:42 - The First Muslims of Kashmir
4:45 - Syncretism of Kashmir's Architecture
11:19 - The Story of Jamia Masjid
14:08 - The Case of Pathar Masjid
15:30 - Khanqah - e - Nurbakhsiya
16:28 - Koh -e- Suleyman
18:07 - Koh -e- Maran
20:00 - Evolution of Khanqah
23:48 - Mullah Akhund Mosque
26:50 - The Mughal Invasion
28:20 - Architecture as Power
31:30 - The Shia Kashmir
34:50 - The Kashmiri Shias of Lahore
38:07 - The Persecution of Kashmiri Shias
39:10 - The Shia-Sunni Unity
44:38 - The Aali Masjid