Thus spake the dervish : Sufism, language, and the religious margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900 / by Alexandre Papas ; translated by Caroline Kraabel.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004402027 (electronic book)
9789004398504 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0991
Tekbiçim Eser Adı
Ainsi parlait le dervice. English
Yayın Bilgisi
Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Impact of Empire; volume5
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
İçindekiler Notu
Front Matter -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction -- In the Streets of Herat -- Outside the Madrasas of Bukhara -- In the Ruins of Aksu -- In the Depths of the Grottoes of Central Asia -- On the Road with Cantors and Itinerants -- Conclusion: Dervishes Yesterday and Today -- Bibliography -- Back Matter -- Index of Names -- Index of Places.
Özet, vb.
Thus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author’s fieldwork) to examine five successive cases, each of which corresponds to a time period, a specific socially marginal space, and a particular use of mystical language. Including an extensive selection of writings by dervishes, this book demonstrates the diversity and tenacity of Central Asian Sufism over a long period. Here translated into a Western language for the first time, the extracts from primary texts by marginal Sufis allow a rare insight into their world. The original French edition of this book, Ainsi parlait le dervice, was published by Editions du Cerf (Paris, France). Translated by Caroline Kraabel.
Konu
Dervishes __ Asia, Central __ History.
Mysticism __ Islam __ Asia, Central.