Dagikhudo Dagiev - Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia

Source: University of Jena, Germany. Pamir (World Tag) is a common name in an area of mountain ranges and highlands in Central Asia, located in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China and Pakistan.

Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia

Pamiris, or Badakhshanis in popular discourse, form a small group of Iranic peoples who inhabit the mountainous region of Pamir-Hindu Kush, being the historical region of Badakhshan. Pamiri communities are located in the territories of four current nation states: Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and Pakistan.

This book provides insights into the identity process of a group of mountain communities whose vigorous cultures, languages and complex political history have continued to shape a strategic part of the world. Its various chapters capture what being a Pamiri may entail and critically explore the impact of both trans-regionalism and the globalisation processes on activating, engaging and linking the dispersed communities. The book presents a variety of lines of argument pertaining to Pamiri identity and identification processes. Structured in three parts, the book first addresses themes relevant to the regions geography and the recent history of Pamiri communities. The second section critically explores the rich philosophical, religious and cultural Pamiri heritage through the writings of prominent historical figures. The final section addresses issues pertaining to the contemporary diffusion of traditions, peace-building, interconnectivity and what it means to be a Pamiri for the youth of the region. Contributions by experts in their field offer fresh insights into the Ismaili communities in the region while successfully updating the historical and ethnographic legacy of Soviet times with present-day scholarship.

As the first collection of scholarly contributions in English entirely focusing on the Pamiri people, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of the history, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, linguistics, education and geography of Central Asia and/or East Asia as well as of Islam, Islamic thought, minority-majority relations, population movements and the processes of defining and affirming identity among minority groups.

Dagikhudo Dagiev is Research Associate in the Department of Academic Research and Publications at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK.

Carole Faucher is Professor in the Nazarbayev University, Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan and Visiting Researcher with the Department of Anthropology at the Universit de Montral. She is also Research Affiliated with the UNESCO Chair Global Health and Education.

Society, family, religion and education

The making of the Kazakh and Uzbek nations

The State and Local Leaders

Local jurisdiction and customary practices

The Mountain Communities of Pamir

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The Mountain Communities of Pamir

Edited by Dagikhudo Dagiev and Carole Faucher

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Carole Faucher and Dagikhudo Dagiev

PART 1
Identity formation, borders and political transformations

Sunatullo Jonboboev

Dagikhudo Dagiev

Shirali Gulomaliev

Amier Saidula

PART 2
Archaeology, myths, intellectual and cultural heritage

Yusufsho Yaqubov and Dagikhudo Dagiev

Abdulmamad Iloliev

Ghulam Abbas Hunzai

Daniel Beben

Muzaffar Zoolshoev

PART 3
Social cohesion, interactions and globalisation

Stefanie Kicherer

Mir Afzal Tajik, Ali Nawab and Abdul Wali Khan

Nazira Sodatsayrova

Aslisho Qurboniev

Carole Faucher

Ghulam Abbas Hunzai Masters Degree in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Daniel Beben Assistant Professor of History School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University

Dagikhudo Dagiev Research Associate, Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Carole Faucher Full Professor, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education

Shirali Gulomaliev PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsukuba

Abdulmamad Iloliev Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Sunatullo Jonboboev Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, University of Central Asia