How Afghans define themselves in relation to Islam
The Islamic institutions of shari'at (law, in the keeping of 'ulama or religious scholar), tariqat (spiritual exemplars, often Sufi), and qawm (tribe, and more generally relations of codescent) and their particular configuration among Ghilzai/Ghiljai tribesmen in eastern Afghanistan are th...
| Published in: | Revolutions & rebellions in Afghanistan |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Institute of International Studies, University of Californiarnia
1984
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| In: |
Revolutions & rebellions in Afghanistan
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| Further subjects: | B
Afghanistan
Volksgruppe / Ethnische Bevölkerungsgruppe
Islam
B Afghanistan B Islam B Ethnic group |
| Summary: | The Islamic institutions of shari'at (law, in the keeping of 'ulama or religious scholar), tariqat (spiritual exemplars, often Sufi), and qawm (tribe, and more generally relations of codescent) and their particular configuration among Ghilzai/Ghiljai tribesmen in eastern Afghanistan are the subjects of this study. Ghilzai and their subdivisions in the region between Kabul and Kandahar are a portion of the population of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan who are the locally called "Afghans". (DÜI-Asd) |
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| ISBN: | 0877251576 |
| Contains: | In: Revolutions & rebellions in Afghanistan
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