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Parution : Chorshanbe Goibnazarov, Music, Poetry and Identity in Badakhshan, Tajikistan Singing and Sounding Community, Edinburgh University Press, 2025

 

Music, Poetry and Identity in Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Singing and Sounding Community

Chorshanbe Goibnazarov

 

 

 

 

 

An illuminating account of Ismaili music, spiritual poetry and social change in Badakhshan

  • Based on six years of fieldwork that merges the author’s local knowledge as a member of the Badakhshani Ismaili community with rigorous training as a philologist, anthropologist, and ethnomusicologist
  • Provides insightful content analysis and translations of poetic texts, audio and video materials, social media clips and interviews with musicians, community leaders, and state organizations
  • Illuminates a little-known and fragile musical tradition as it faces the challenges of secularization, globalization, and politicization of Pamiri culture
  • Contributes to the growing body of literature in ethnomusicology concerning the role of music in Islamic civilizations and Muslim societies while also making an original contribution to Central Asian Studies and Ismaili Studies
  • Contributes to the ongoing debate about the licitness of music in Islam by demonstrating that music is part of the everyday life of the Pamiri Ismaili Muslims, serving as a means of worship and remembrance of God and inseparably linking religious and secular dimensions of their lives

In the riverine valleys of the Pamir Mountains of Tajik Badakhshan, a thriving millennium-old community of Nizari Ismaili Muslims created a unique spiritual culture in which the performance of music and poetry plays a central role. This book focuses on the central musical and poetic tradition of the Pamiri Ismailis, qasīda-khonī (also known as maddo), tracing its origins, evolution, and eventual delocalization and relocation in new social contexts. The first study on the musical culture of the Pamiri Ismailis in almost 20 years, this monograph introduces readers to leading performers of qasīda-khonī and to the Ismaili gnosis that inspires its music and poetry—a foundational source for an understanding of Islam in Badakhshan as an amalgam of diverse cultural practices and multi-layered identities. In an era of cultural globalization, the circulation of qasīda-khonī and maddo beyond Badakhshan serves as a case study of global cultural flows, diversity, versatility, and connectedness.

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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (4 septembre 2025). Parution : Chorshanbe Goibnazarov, Music, Poetry and Identity in Badakhshan, Tajikistan Singing and Sounding Community, Edinburgh University Press, 2025. IISMM. Consulté le 12 février 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/14lgv


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