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Autre Publication Scientifique Année : 2010

MIFS Newsletter n°4

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In October-November 2009, the MIFS went to the field for the second time with an international team of eight members: one German, three Pakistanis and five French researchers. The main task was to deepen the knowledge acquired in 2008, and to open new areas of research. Some members focused their attention on mapping sacred places and processional itineraries. An architect worked on the main mazâr, as well as on other sanctuaries scattered throughout the town. Three anthropologists also joined the team. Besides, the secretary of Antiquities of the Sindh Government, Dr Kaleemullah Lashari, paid a visit to MIFS members with Dr Asma Ibrahim, director of Museum and Art Gallery Department, State Bank of Pakistan. For the first time, two French diplomats came to visit us in Sehwan. Pierre Seillan, Consul general of France in Karachi, and Francis Widmer, Commercial Counsellor, Head of the Economic Department at the French Counsulate spent a few hours with the team members, so that they were able to explain the main findings of their research and to show them around the locality and its main sites. A detailed report of the MIFS 2009 is available in this issue. The year 2009 ended with the visit to Paris of an important scholar. Dr Kishwar Rizvi teaches Islamic Art History and Architecture at Yale University. She has devoted most of her work to the study of the interrelation which exists between Architecture, rituals and gender in the context of Medieval Persia. She also works on other artistic expressions in contemporary Iran, and also Pakistan. Last but not least, Dr Rizvi has undertaken a study on Architecture, gender and ritual at the Shrine of La'l Shahbâz Qalandar in Sehwan Sharif. In this issue, we have decided to propose more Sindhi literature in translation. It is a fact that Sindhi devotional and mystical literature is ignored, in comparison with others written in South Asian languages like Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi or Gujarati. Although Sindhi is not taught in the West, it is of interest to show the wide range of its literary expressions. The issue therefore proposes verses from Shâh jo Risâlo translated into English. This long poem, composed by Shâh 'Abd al-Lâtif (d. 1752), is the most famous piece of Sindhi culture. It is frequently referred as the "mathnawi of Sindh". We also chose another excerpt of the risâlo written by Shâh 'Abd al-Karîm, the grandfather of Shâh 'Abd al-Lâtif.
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Michel Boivin, Rémy Delage. MIFS Newsletter n°4. 2010, 18 p. ⟨halshs-00704214⟩
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