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describe the role of pirs in Bengal..


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Answered by rgcrushil1122
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Some order and stability was brought about by the early settlers, in the conditions of the new settlements. These were provided by people who are respectfully and affectionately called pirs. Pirs were community leaders who also functioned as teachers and adjudicators and were sometimes ascribed with supernatural powers. The term also included:

Saints or Sufis and other religious personalities

Daring colonizers

Deified soldiers

Various Hindu and Buddhist deities

Animistic spirits

The cult of pirs became famous and many of their shrines can be found everywhere in Bengal.

Answered by kingofself
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Explanation:

  • Pirs were the spiritual leaders who had supernatural powers. He also used to work as teacher and assistant.
  • When the settlers in Bengal got some orders and assurances in the unstable conditions of new settlements, they got in favor of them and gave them full moral support.
  • People used to see them as respectable celebrities. The cult of Peer became very popular and their temples can be found everywhere in Bengal.
  • The cult of Peer became famous and many of his temples can be found everywhere in Bengal.
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