Thus spake the dervish : Sufism, language, and the religious margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900 /

Thus spake the dervish : Sufism, language, and the religious margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900 /

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 fieldw...

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Main Author: Papas, Alexandre (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English
French

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Series: Impact of Empire; volume5.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341.

Subjects:

Dervishes > Asia, Central > History.
Mysticism > Islam > Asia, Central.

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Call Number: BP188.8.A783

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • In the Streets of Herat
  • Outside the Madrasas of Bukhara
  • In the Ruins of Aksu
  • In the Depths of the Grottoes of Central Asia
  • On the Road with Cantors and Itinerants
  • Conclusion: Dervishes Yesterday and Today
  • Bibliography
  • Back Matter
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Places.