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Editor's Choice -- Nimira's Blog - On Faith -- Ginans -- Their history and key role in the Ismaili faith on the Indian subcontinent

Around the 11th century the Imams, then residing in Persia, sent Pirs to the Indian subcontinent to teach the Ismaili interpretation of Islam to non-Arabic speaking people. From the Sanskrit word jnana, meaning 'contemplative knowledge,' Ginans are a vast corpus of poetic compositions, authored by those Pirs to fulfill the Imams' wishes. At the time, devotional poetry was flourishing in the subcontinent among the diverse cultures including Sufism. We bring you a few articles on the Ginans.

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Nimira's Blog on Faith

Editor's Choice

Ginans were composed to teach the esoteric Ismaili interpretation of Islam

From the Sanskrit jnana meaning 'contemplative knowledge,' ginans are a vast corpus of poetic compositions whose authorship was attributed to preachers, pirs, sent by Imams residing in Iran to the Indian subcontinent around the eleventh century to teach the Ismaili interpretation of Islam to non-Arabic speaking people. At the time, the field of devotional poetry was flourishing in the subcontinent, with ...

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