Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the Khalwati-Gulshani Order : : power brokers in Ottoman Egypt / / by Side Emre.

• VerfasserIn: Emre, Side,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on Sufism 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (445 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

In Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt , Side Emre documents the biography of Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the history of the Khalwati-Gulshani order of dervishes (c. 1440-1600). Set mainly in Mamluk-Egypt, and in the century following the region’s conquest by the Ottomans, this book analyzes sociopolitical dialogues at the geographic peripheries of an empire through the actions of and official responses to the Gulshaniyya network. Emre argues that the members of this Sufi order exerted social and political leverage and contributed significantly to the political culture of the empire and Egypt. The Gulshanis are uncovered as unexpected figures among the roster of influential players, in contrast with empire-centered historiographies that depict Ottoman ruling and learned elites as the primary shapers and narrators of the fates of conquered provinces and peoples. The Gulshanis’ political and cultural legacy is situated within an analysis of perceptions of Sufism in the early modern Ottoman world.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Gülşenī’s Biography in the Hagiographical Imagination (ca. 843–916/1440–1510) -- 2 Arrival in a Safe Haven: Gülşenī’s Early Years in Mamluk Egypt (913 or 916–923/1507 or 1510–17) -- 3 Gülşenī’s Relationships with the Last Two Mamluk Rulers -- 4 After the Ottoman Conquest: A New Life Begins (923–31/1517–25) -- 5 The Establishment of the Gülşeniye Lodge Complex (925–31/1519–25) -- 6 Heresy, Religious Innovation, and Law in Egypt (928–31/1522–25) -- 7 Who is an Ideal Sufi? A Reconsideration of the “Heretical” Gülşenīs in the Context of the “Ottoman Way” -- 8 Later Egypt Years (930–31/1524–25) and the Conflict between Gülşenī and Aḥmed Pasha -- 9 Gülşenī’s Final Years and the Gülşeniye Legacy (931–1019/1525–1610) -- 10 Gülşenī’s Heirs and the Founder’s Legacy in the Eleventh/Seventeenth Century -- Bibliography -- Index.