Aziza Shanazarova (New York Columbia University)

Female Religiosity in Central Asia

Sufi Leaders in the Persianate World

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Produktbeschreibung

Invites readers into the complex and little-known world of female religiosity and authority in early modern Central Asia, offering a unique analysis of the story of Agha-yi Buzurg. Intended for scholars, educators and students of Islamic studies and Central Asian history, as well as those interested in gender history and Sufism.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 236mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781009386340
• ISBN-10: 1009386344
• Artikelnr.: 69190835

Autorenporträt

Aziza Shanazarova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, where she specializes on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia and the broader Persianate world with an emphasis on the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The intersection of gender and age within Muslim discourse; 1. Religion and politics in post-Timurid central Asia; 2. The centrality of
Alidism in the Mähar al-
Aj
ib; 3. Locating the Great Lady within the Sufi milieu of sixteenth-century central Asia; 4. The Chaghatay Book of Guidance: The categories of Qiz, Khatun, and Qari Khatun; 5. The portrayal of the Great Lady in the Mähar al-
Aj
ib; 6. The Great Lady and her hagiographers; 7. The Great Lady in shrine traditions; Conclusion.