About the Book The book, the 'Rysh Wa'er' is a state of Ryshis of Kashmir. It visualizes a state that is abode of the Ryshis, Munis and Pirs. It is a state of 'virtuous' citizens. The state is an idealist state and it is based on the philosophy of Sheikh Noor-ud-din (RA), patron saint of Kashmir. The text is written from a comtemporary point of view, for the students of Kashmirology and the students of Political Science. The book can only assist the readers in a more adequate appreciation of past traditions that gives us better insight into the present day Kashmir. The evaluation of the various political systems have been made as an objective as possible in the belief that the reader gains most when he is allowed to think for himself, not when he is exposed to conceived ideas.
The book is divided in Six Chapters. The first deals with Kashmir Sufism and Ryshi movement and their bearing on the Sheikh's intellectual evolution. The second is a comparative study of 'Vandar Raj' and state of nature as enunciated by the Ryshi and Hobbes. The next section analytically finds and elaborates the correspondencies and dissimilarities between the theories of Locke, Rousseau and that of the Sheikh. In fourth chapter Kashmir is designed to be the valley of God in due regard to the spiritual ethos of it during last five thousand years of its history. The concept of Sheikh's 'Rysh Wa'er' is delineated and discussed within the framework of the modern definition of a state. Finally, in its 'Posterior' an appraisal of religious humanism or 'Rysh Wa'er' envisaged by the Sheikh is examined.
About the Author Manzoor Fazili was born in his native village 'Gamur' in Bandipore, Kashmir (J&K), on 3rd March 1933. His first schooling started in his grand uncle's maktab in his village and completed his primary education at Nadihal Bandipore. He graduated from Amar Singh College in 1955. He completed his MA (Political Science) from Aligarh Muslim University. In March 1962 he joined Amar Singh College as lecturer in Political Science. He served as college teacher in AS College, SP College and remained on deputation to Post Graduate Department University of Kashmir, till he retired as Associate Professor from Govt. Degree College Sopore, in September 1991. During his service tenure he was conferred PhD from the University of Kashmir in 1976. He was a prolific writer. He has authored many books and the 'Rysh Wa'er' asserts to be a work on mysticism of Kashmir.
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