City of Kashmir, Srinagar: A Popular History, a short portrait of Srinagar city, is the third book by writer and art historian Sameer Hamdani. His first book, The Syncretic Traditions of Islamic Religious Architecture of Kashmir (Early 14th–18th Century), explores the composite character of Islamic religious spaces in Kashmir, building on his expertise as an architect and heritage consultant. His second book, Shi’ism in Kashmir: A History of Sunni-Shia Rivalry and Reconciliation, delves into the history of sectarian relations between Shias and Sunnis in Kashmir.
Hamadani told Scroll that his fourth book will be the first major academic exploration of one of Kashmir’s top Sufi mystics, Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, whose monastery on the hills of Hari Parbat in the city is an important religious landmark in Kashmir.
The City of Kashmir is a highly readable, engaging new offering that recentres Srinagar away from the narrative of turmoil and unrest and towards its unexplored past, when it emerged as a major urban settlement in South Asia, lying at the intersection of Chinese, Indian and Persian empires.
Drawing on vernacular literature and material artefacts spanning Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic periods, the book invites readers into a forgotten past of Srinagar, which had once served as a go-between connecting multiple cultures on the historic Silk Road.
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