Burzine Waghmar (SOAS & RUSI) speaking during EFSAS Conference at VU Amsterdam
1 & 2 November 2022 - VU University Amsterdam
Mr. Burzine Waghmar, Member of the Centre for the Study of Pakistan and Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS, Visiting India Fellow at RUSI and EFSAS Research Fellow, provided an in-depth description of the history of the region of Jammu & Kashmir, starting from the 7th century AD. Both pre-Islamic and Islamic cosmographies of Kashmir, as sacred territory per se have been long eulogized, he argued. From first being a land of Buddhism and Tantrism, Jammu & Kashmir got Islamized under Sufi influences in the 14th century, with the Islamic faith consolidating in subsequent centuries under Afghan and Mughal rulers that integrated the territory into regional supply chains and trade connections, Mr. Waghmar explained.
Burzine Waghmar, Member of the Centre for the Study of Pakistan and Centre for Iranian Studies at SOAS, Visiting India Fellow at RUSI and EFSAS Research Fellow speaking during EFSAS Conference at VU Amsterdam.
