Hidden Caliphate : : Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus /

Hidden Caliphate : : Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus / / Waleed Ziad.

Sufis created the most extensive Muslim revivalist network in Asia before the twentieth century, generating a vibrant Persianate literary, intellectual, and spiritual culture while tying together a politically fractured world. In a pathbreaking work combining social history, religious studies, and a...

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Ziad, Waleed,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Beyond the Great Game
  • 1. A Persianate Cosmopolis
  • 2. The Reviver of the Second Millennium
  • 3. Transporting Sacred Knowledge
  • 4. How Peshawar Revived Bukhara’s Sanctity
  • 5. The Saint and the Khan
  • 6. Peshawar in Turmoil
  • 7. Guardians of the Caravans
  • 8. The Diplomat-Saints of Ferghana
  • 9. From Swat to Kabul
  • Conclusion: The Sage of North Waziristan
  • Appendix A: Key Reigns and Events by Region, 1700–1900
  • Appendix B: Patterns of Reproduction of Practical Sufi Handbooks
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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