The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state: ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Islam in the Sudan; Chapter Two Protocol, Ceremony, and Symbols of Authority; Chapter Three The Charismatic Leader; Chapter Four The Khalifa and the Routinization of Charismatic Authority; Chapter Five The Creation of an Islamic State; Conclusion; Bibliogr...
| Published in: | Islam in Africa |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, Mass Leiden
Brill
2011
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Islam in Africa (11)
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| Series/Journal: | Islam in Africa
11 |
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B Islamic renewal B Sudan History 1881-1899 B Islam and politics Sudan B Islamic renewal Sudan B Sudan History 1881-1899 Sudan B Sudan B Islamic renewal (Sudan) B Sudan History 1862-1899 B Islam and politics B Islam and politics (Sudan) B History |
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| Summary: | Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Islam in the Sudan; Chapter Two Protocol, Ceremony, and Symbols of Authority; Chapter Three The Charismatic Leader; Chapter Four The Khalifa and the Routinization of Charismatic Authority; Chapter Five The Creation of an Islamic State; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key eleme |
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| Item Description: | This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004191070 |