The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state : ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / / by Kim Searcy.
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| Superior document: | Islam in Africa, v. 11 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islam in Africa ;
v. 11. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 165 p. :; ill., map. |
| Notes: | This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Searcy, Kim. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state |h [electronic resource] : |b ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / |c by Kim Searcy. |
| 260 | |a Leiden [The Netherlands] ; |a Boston : |b Brill, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a vi, 165 p. : |b ill., map. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Islam in Africa, |x 1570-3754 ; |v v. 11 | |
| 500 | |a This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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