Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia : : sufi dimensions to the formation of Bosnian Muslim society / / by Ines Asseric-Todd.

• Superior document: Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume 58
• VerfasserIn: Asseric-Todd, Ines,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; Volume 58.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia , Ines Aščerić-Todd explores the involvement of Sufi orders in the formation of Muslim society in the first two centuries of Ottoman rule in Bosnia (15th - 16th centuries C.E.). Using a wide range of primary sources, Aščerić-Todd shows that Sufi traditions and the activities of dervish orders were at the heart of the religious, cultural, socio-economic and political dynamics in Bosnia in the period which witnessed the emergence of Bosnian Muslim society and the most intensive phase of conversions of the Bosnian population to Islam. In the process, she also challenges some of the established views regarding Ottoman guilds and the subject of futuwwa (Sufi code of honour).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of Bosnia -- 2 The Earliest Tekkes in Bosnia -- 3 Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian Towns -- 4 Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian Guilds -- 5 Futuwwa Documents: Fütüvvetnames, Secerenames and Pirnames -- 6 Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and Festivities -- 7 The Akhi-Baba -- 8 The Guilds and the State -- 9 The Guilds and the Islamisation Process -- 10 The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi Movement -- 11 The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order: Hamza-Dede’s Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.