Central Asian Ismailis

An Annotated Bibliography of Russian, Tajik and Other Sources

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvDagikhudo Dagiev,UK) Dagiev, Dagikhudo (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

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I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili StudiesThe Shi’i Ismaili Muslims of Central Asia have a complex political history. This open access book is the first English-language study of the Ismaili Muslims in this region, based on analysis of the Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet scholarship about them. It sheds new light on their history and heritage, and also shows how the Ismailis of Central Asia have been understood and presented in the academic literature. Divided into three parts, the first covers the spread of the Ismaili da’wa (mission) throughout Central Asia - known as Khurasan - from the 3rd/9th century until modern times. This part examines the prominent poet da’i Nasir-i Khusraw, who played an instrumental role in the expansion and development of Ismailism in Badakhshan in the eleventh century and reveals the impact of his religio-philosophical legacy in the life of the contemporary community. The second part examines the initial interest in Ismaili Studies engendered by Russian imperial rule. It also shows how approaches to the study of Ismailism were affected by 70 years of Communist atheist rule and the demise of the Communist political and ideological system. The third part presents an annotated bibliography of books, articles, and published and unpublished materials, including documents and oral materials on the history, thought and practices of the Ismailis of Central Asia, most of which has not been hitherto easily accessible to Western scholarship. The comprehensive survey and rich bibliography aims to illuminate the history and historiography of the Ismailis in Central Asia and facilitate further study on the subject by experts around the world.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-02-24
Mått156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt468 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIsmaili Heritage
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780755644957

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Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK, where his research areas include contemporary societies in post-Communist Central Asia, their history, religion and nationalism. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), having studies at Khorog State University in Tajikistan. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Institute of Ismaili Studies and the University of Oxford (2004). He has authored Transition in Central Asia: Nationalism and Political Change in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (2014) and he co-edited, with Professor Carole Faucher, the volume Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia: Mountain Communities of Pamir (2018).

PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on Transliteration and NamesCHAPTER I: The History of Ismailism in Central AsiaEarly Ismaili History in Central AsiaActivities of the Ismaili Da'wa in Central AsiaThe History of Ismailism in BadakhshanNasir-i Khusraw and the Ismailis of BadakhshanBadakhshani Ismailis during Alamut periodTaqiyya and the Ismailis in the Post-Alamut eraThe Hudud al-Din in the Context of Central AsiaThe Concepts of Pir and Pirship in Central AsiaThe Political History of BadakhshanThe Russian Revolution and the Panjebhai MovementThe Ismaili Community in the Soviet EraThe Ismaili Community in Post-Soviet EraCHAPTER II: The Study of Ismailism by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet ScholarsThe Ismailis under Russian and Soviet RuleIsmailism in Soviet StudiesSoviet Scholars on IsmailismManuscripts Discovered in BadakhshanIsmailism in Post-Soviet StudiesOutline of the Activities and Projects Conducted by Manuscript OfficePost-Soviet Scholars on IsmailismReferencesCHAPTER III: Bibliography of Works by Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholars