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- Title
SHAH INAYAT SHAHEED: A CAREER REVOLUTIONARY OF JHOK-SINDH.
- Authors
Kubar, Inam Ali
- Abstract
Since centuries monopolistic patterns of landownership prevail in Sindh, which guarantee unequal distribution of agriculture produce securing lion's share of the produce for those who own land and resources rendering the tillers high and dry. However, in the first quarter of eighteenth century, this peripheral class led by sufi saint Shah Inayat Shaheed under the manifesto Jeko Kheray so Khaey (the tiller has the right to the produce) had established Jhok communes to foil the exploitative manipulations. The local power elites in connivance with some religious mentors conspired against the commune trying to frustrate the struggle for rights. Though movement was overwhelmed but it still reverberates in pockets of Sindh time and again. This paper attempts to highlight the peasants' struggle in Sindh led by Shah Inayat and explores its impact on the social fabric as evidenced from the primary and secondary sources.
- Subjects
SINDH (Pakistan); SUFIS; MUSLIM saints; LAND tenure; PEASANTS
- Publication
Grassroots (17260396), 2012, Vol 45, p69
- ISSN
1726-0396
- Publication type
Article