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Leadership categories and social processes in Islam: the cases of Dir and Swat
Journal of anthropological research • 42 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 1-13
By: Lindholm, Charles.
Abstract
This article is a discussion of intersecting roles of religious and political leadership in two Muslim societies in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. The author uses a four-stage model of leadership comprised of learned (Mufti), warrior (Murabit), arbitrator (Marabout), and inspirational leader (Mahdi) to explain contrasting religious/political processes in Swat and Dir. Different responses to internal forces as well as to British colonial intervention and to the independence of Pakistan leads the author to conclude that historical and environmental contexts are important for distinguishing leadership trends in these two Pashtun societies.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Delores Walters ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1968, 1977
- Coverage Date
- nineteenth century - 1977
- Coverage Place
- valleys of Dir and Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
- Notes
- Charles Lindholm
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13)
- LCCN
- 73645054
- LCSH
- Pushtuns