Female religiosity in Central Asia: Sufi leaders in the Persianate world

Through revealing the fascinating story of the Sufi master Aghā-yi Buzurg and her path to becoming the 'Great Lady' in sixteenth-century Bukhara, Aziza Shanazarova invites readers into the little-known world of female religious authority in early modern Islamic Central Asia, revealing a fa...

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Main Author: Shanazarova, Aziza (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
In:Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Āġā-i Buzurg -1523 / Mittelasien / Buchara / Sufism / Islam / Woman / Gender composition / Islam / History 1500-1900
Further subjects:B Middle East / Generals / HISTORY
B Social History / HISTORY
B Islamische Gruppen: Sufis
B Gender studies: women
B Ḥāfiẓ Baṣīr (active 16th century) Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib
B Women religious leaders (Asia, Central) History 16th century
B Sufism (Asia, Central) History 16th century
B Women History 16th century (Religious activity) (Asia, Central)
B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
B 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1500 bis ca. 1599)
B RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies
B 1500 to c 1700 / Early modern history: c 1450
B Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen
B Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
B c 1500 to c 1600
B Muslim women saints Biography (Khanate of Bukhara)
B Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens
B Women sufis (Asia, Central)
B Geschichte der Religion
B Muslim religious leaders (Asia, Central) History 16th century
B History of religion
B Social & Cultural History
B Middle Eastern history
B Muslim women saints Biography (Asia, Central)
B HIS058000
B Islam / Religion / Generals
B Āghā-yi Buzurg (-1522 or 1523)
B Authority Religious aspects Islam History 16th century
B Women sufis Biography (Khanate of Bukhara)
B Islam / RELIGION / History
B Sufism & Islamic mysticism
B Islamic leadership (Asia, Central) History 16th century
B Women sufis Biography (Asia, Central)
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781009386340