Thus spake the dervish : : Sufism, language, and the religious margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900 / / by Alexandre Papas ; translated by Caroline Kraabel.

• Superior document: Studies on Sufism, Volume 4
• VerfasserIn: Papas, Alexandre,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kraabel, Caroline,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2019.
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2019
• שפה: English; French
• סדרה: Studies on Sufism ; v. 4.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly colour)

"Thus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author’s field...