123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Paper Jihadis: Colonialism and the Construction of "Terror" in South Asia, 1869–1947

Paper Jihadis: Colonialism and the Construction of "Terror" in South Asia, 1869–1947

AHA Session 226

Monday, January 5, 2009: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Lenox Ballroom (Sheraton New York)

Chair:

David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University

Papers:

The "Great Wahabi Trial": The Legal Construction and Deconstruction of the Muslim Jihadi in British India, 1869–71
Julia Stephens, Harvard University

A Faqir's War: Propaganda, Intelligence, and Religious Leadership on the North-West Frontier, 1936–47
Brandon Marsh, University of Texas at Austin

Taming the Terrorist: British Responses to the Hur Uprisings in Sindh, 1930–46
J. Barton Scott, Duke University

Comment:

Sandria Freitag, North Carolina State University

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