University of Saskatchewan Library holds a largest collection of Ginans online and its corresponding research material.
Oral traditions have long served as vehicles of education in Muslim societies, tracing their origins back to the revelation of Quran itself.
Over time and geography, the purpose, form, and style of these traditions have found diverse expressions accommodating local customs and contexts.
At times these expressions have taken melodic forms leveraging the power of poetry and music to bring faith, knowledge, devotion and worship into ecstatic harmony.
An exemplar of such melodic expressions is the devotional literature of ginans of the Ismaili Muslim community.
The purpose of this website is to serve as a portal to the ginanic literature.
ginans.usask.ca or go to tinyurl.com/ginans
Many thanks. Job well done. Mowla Bapa bless you. Ya Ali Madad. Abdulrehman Premji from Richmond BC
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Thanks to Arzina Merali of Edmunton, Canada and Karim Tharani the librarian of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, for giving this valuable gift of more than 1000 Ginans recited beautifully by many reciters, to the Ismaili community. Must be preserves by everyone and for the peace of soul should be listened whenever have time.
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