Sufism in Central Asia : : new perspectives on Sufi traditions, 15th-21st centuries /

Sufism in Central Asia : : new perspectives on Sufi traditions, 15th-21st centuries / / edited by Devin DeWeese, Jo-Ann Gross.

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Sufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th-21st Centuries brings together ten original studies on historical aspects of Sufism in this region. A central question, of ongoing significance, underlies each contribution: what is the relationship between Sufism as it was manifested...

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TeilnehmendeR:
DeWeese, Devin A., 1956-
Gross, Jo-Ann, 1949-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies 25.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures and Maps
  • Contributors
  • Note on Transcription and Style
  • Maps
  • Introduction / Devin DeWeese and Jo-Ann Gross
  • Re-Envisioning the History of Sufi Communities in Central Asia: Continuity and Adaptation in Sources and Social Frameworks, 16th–20th Centuries / Devin DeWeese
  • Naqshband’s Lives: Sufi Hagiography between Manuscripts and Genre / Shahzad Bashir
  • The Works of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī as a Source for the Study of Sufism in Late 15th- and Early 16th-Century Central Asia / Maria E. Subtelny
  • Ḥażrat Jīo Ṣāḥib: How Durrānī Peshawar Helped Revive Bukhara’s Sanctity / Waleed Ziad
  • Valī Khān Tūra: A Makhdūmzāda Leader in Marghīnān during the Collapse of the Khanate of Khoqand / Yayoi Kawahara
  • Reliquary Sufism: Sacred Fiber in Afghanistan / R. D. McChesney
  • Sufism in the Face of Twentieth-Century Reformist Critiques: Three Responses from Sufi Imāms in the Volga-Ural Region / Allen J. Frank
  • Sufism on the Soviet Stage: Holy People and Places in Central Asia’s Socio-Political Landscape after World War II / Eren Tasar
  • Sufi Groups in Contemporary Kazakhstan: Competition and Connections with Kazakh Islamic Society / Ashirbek Muminov
  • The Biographical Tradition of Muḥammad Bashārā: Sanctification and Legitimation in Tajikistan / Jo-Ann Gross
  • Back Matter
  • Index.

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