Asian Man (The) - An International Journal
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

A Socio Cultural Study on the Wasiqa Holders among Muslims of Awadh Region, Uttar Pradesh, India

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email id: 786haider.mehdi99@gmail.com

Online published on 10 March, 2015.

Abstract

Wasiqa is a creation from the feudal stage because initial beneficiaries of royal family have been of noble descent at a certain stage of feudalism. So there is a great need of social study to achieve the facts and data about wasiqa and wasiqa holders systematically in present scenario. This is the maiden attempt to have a systematic and scientific social study of wasiqa and wasiqa holders in view of socio-cultural changes.

Keywords

Awadh, Wasiqa, Everlasting, Legal binding, Status symbol, Shia Muslims, Mughal Period