Sufism in Central Asia

Devin DeWeese, Ph.D. (1985), Indiana University, is a Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University. His publications on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia include Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde (Penn State, 1994).Jo-Ann Gross, Ph.D. (1982), New York University, is Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian History at The College of New Jersey. Her publications on Sufism and shrine culture in Islamic Central Asia include The Letters of Khwaja ʿUbayd Allah Ahrar and his Associates, co-authored with Asom Urunbaev (Brill, 2002).

"The volume is systematic and cross-referential, and therefore fully deserves its place in Brill’s ‘Handbook of Oriental Studies’ series. Each chapter offers extensive bibliographies that also include the newest titles on regions not directly covered here, as for instance Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). The volume’s methodological agenda – prioritizing source studies across conventional borders for accentuating the importance of Sufi sources for social history – easily links up with studies on Sufism elsewhere in the world." - Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam, in: Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 30/2 (2019)

• AcknowledgmentsFigures and MapsContributorsNote on Transcription and StyleMapsIntroductionDevin DeWeese and Jo-Ann Gross1 Re-Envisioning the History of Sufi Communities in Central Asia: Continuity and Adaptation in Sources and Social Frameworks, 16th–20th CenturiesDevin DeWeese2 Naqshband’s Lives: Sufi Hagiography between Manuscripts and GenreDevin DeWeese3 The Works of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī as a Source for the Study of Sufism in Late 15th- and Early 16th-Century Central AsiaMaria E. Subtelny4 Ḥażrat Jīo Ṣāḥib: How Durrānī Peshawar Helped Revive Bukhara’s SanctityWaleed Ziad5 Valī Khān Tūra: A Makhdūmzāda Leader in Marghīnān during the Collapse of the Khanate of KhoqandKawahara Yayoi6 Reliquary Sufism: Sacred Fiber in AfghanistanR. D. McChesney7 Sufism in the Face of Twentieth-Century Reformist Critiques: Three Responses from Sufi Imāms in the Volga-Ural RegionAllen J. Frank8 Sufism on the Soviet Stage: Holy People and Places in Central Asia’s Socio-Political Landscape after World War IIEren Tasar9 Sufi Groups in Contemporary Kazakhstan: Competition and Connections with Kazakh Islamic SocietyAshirbek Muminov10 The Biographical Tradition of Muḥammad Bashārā: Sanctification and Legitimation in TajikistanJo-Ann GrossIndex 333