In remembrance of the saints the rise and fall of an inner Asian Sufi dynasty
In remembrance of the saints: the rise and fall of an inner Asian Sufi dynasty

In the first half of the eighteenth century, members of the Naqshbandi Sufi dynasty vied for influence in the Tarim Basin, part of present-day Xinjiang. In the 1750s, the collapse of the Junghar Mongol state gave one branch of this family an opportunity to assert their independence in the oasis citi...

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Main Author: Kāšġarī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq ca. 1735/36-ca. 1780(?) (Author)
Other Authors: Brophy, David (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Chagatai
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2021]
Series:Translations from the Asian classics
Subjects:
Naqšbandīya
Geschichte 1780
Geschichte 1755-1759
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General
Naqshabandīyah > Asia, Central > History
Sufis > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) > Biography
Sufism > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) > History
Eroberung
Hagiografie
Geschichtsschreibung
Sinkiang
Kaschgar
Yarkand
Quelle
Online Access:DE-12
DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary:In the first half of the eighteenth century, members of the Naqshbandi Sufi dynasty vied for influence in the Tarim Basin, part of present-day Xinjiang. In the 1750s, the collapse of the Junghar Mongol state gave one branch of this family an opportunity to assert their independence in the oasis cities of Kashgar and Yarkand. Others sided with the armies of the Qing dynasty, which were massing on the frontiers to invade. The ensuing conflict saw the region incorporated into the expanding Qing imperium.Three decades afterward, Muḥammad Ṣadiq Kashghari was commissioned to write an account of these Naqshbandi Sufis and their downfall. Blending the genres of collective biography and historical epic, mixing prose and verse, Kashghari's text vividly depicts religious and political conflicts on the eve of the Qing conquest. It became the most popular and influential Chaghatay-language work to grapple with this divisive period. This volume presents the complete, long recension of In Remembrance of the Saints, translated for the first time into any language and extensively annotated with reference to both Islamic and Qing sources. The introduction situates the work in the Inner Asian tradition of Sufi biography and discusses the political factors shaping historical memory in Qianlong-era Xinjiang. Providing a rare local perspective on China's expansion into Muslim borderlands, this translation sheds light on Xinjiang's political and religious traditions and makes a foundational work of Inner Asian literature available to students and scholars
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 266 Seiten) Illustration, Karte
ISBN:9780231552523
DOI:10.7312/kash19818

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