Hidden Caliphate - Sufi Saints Beyond the Oxus and Indus

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.

About the author

Waleed Ziad is Assistant Professor and Ali Jarrahi Fellow in Persian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Formerly a Research Fellow at the Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School, Ziad has conducted fieldwork in over 120 towns across Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Waleed Ziad
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780674248816
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24881-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Asia / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Religion and Politics, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis