Ziad, Waleed
Hidden Caliphate : Sufi Saints Beyond the Oxus and Indus - London Harvard University Press 2021 - 354p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction beyond the Great Game -- 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"--
9780674272330 (pbk)
Muslim saints--Asia, Central
Muslim saints--Asia, Central--Biography.
Muslim saints--Pakistan
Muslim saints--Pakistan--Biography
Sufism
Caliphate
Islam and politics
Daʻwah (Islam)
28 / ZIA
Hidden Caliphate : Sufi Saints Beyond the Oxus and Indus - London Harvard University Press 2021 - 354p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction beyond the Great Game -- 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"--
9780674272330 (pbk)
Muslim saints--Asia, Central
Muslim saints--Asia, Central--Biography.
Muslim saints--Pakistan
Muslim saints--Pakistan--Biography
Sufism
Caliphate
Islam and politics
Daʻwah (Islam)
28 / ZIA