Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus /
Ziad, Waleed
Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus / Waleed Ziad. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2021
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-336) and index.
A Persianate cosmopolis -- The reviver of the second millennium -- Transporting sacred knowledge -- How Peshawar revived Bukhara's sanctity -- The saint and the khan -- Peshawar in turmoil -- Guardians of the caravans -- The diplomat-saints of Farghana -- From Swat to Kabul -- Conclusion: The sage of North Waziristan.
"Waleed Ziad examines the development of Sufi-led Muslim revivalist networks. From the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufis inspired reformist movements and articulated responses to the fracturing of Muslim political power. They fostered a "hidden caliphate" that sustained cohesion from Afghanistan to Siberia and China"--
9780674248816 hbk.
2021012943
Muslim saints--History.--Asia, Central
Muslim saints--Asia, Central--Biography.
Muslim saints--History.--Pakistan
Muslim saints--Pakistan--Biography.
Sufism--Political aspects--History.
Caliphate--History.
Islam and politics--History.
DaŹ»wah (Islam)--History.
Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus / Waleed Ziad. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2021
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-336) and index.
A Persianate cosmopolis -- The reviver of the second millennium -- Transporting sacred knowledge -- How Peshawar revived Bukhara's sanctity -- The saint and the khan -- Peshawar in turmoil -- Guardians of the caravans -- The diplomat-saints of Farghana -- From Swat to Kabul -- Conclusion: The sage of North Waziristan.
"Waleed Ziad examines the development of Sufi-led Muslim revivalist networks. From the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufis inspired reformist movements and articulated responses to the fracturing of Muslim political power. They fostered a "hidden caliphate" that sustained cohesion from Afghanistan to Siberia and China"--
9780674248816 hbk.
2021012943
Muslim saints--History.--Asia, Central
Muslim saints--Asia, Central--Biography.
Muslim saints--History.--Pakistan
Muslim saints--Pakistan--Biography.
Sufism--Political aspects--History.
Caliphate--History.
Islam and politics--History.
DaŹ»wah (Islam)--History.