Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus

Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus / Waleed Ziad.

Author/creator	Ziad, Waleed, 1980- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice	2021
Description	354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Muslim saints--Asia, Central --History. Muslim saints--Asia, Central --Biography. Muslim saints--Pakistan --History. Muslim saints--Pakistan --Biography. Sufism--Political aspects --History. Caliphate--History. Islam and politics--History. Da wah (Islam)--History.

Contents	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.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2021012943
ISBN	9780674248816
ISBN	0674248813 hardcover

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