Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia

Ines Aščerić-Todd, D.Phil. (2005), University of Oxford, teaches Arabic language and literature at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include Sufism and dervish orders, especially in the Ottoman context, futuwwa, and Islam in Bosnia.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsA Note on Names and TransliterationIntroductionAims and Scope Islam in Bosnia – History, Historiography and Political DimensionsBosnian Muslim Society and Dervish Orders – Parameters, Sources and MethodologyA Note on ‘Syncretism’ and ‘Heterodoxy’PART I – Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia: the Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim SocietyChapter 1: Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of BosniaChapter 2: The Earliest Tekkes in BosniaChapter 3: Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian TownsPART II – Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia: Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City LifeChapter 4: Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian GuildsChapter 5: Futuwwa Documents – Fütüvvetnames, Şecerenames and PirnamesChapter 6: Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and FestivitiesChapter 7: The Akhi-BabaChapter 8: The Guilds and the StateChapter 9: The Guilds and the Islamisation ProcessPART III – Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis – a Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement?Chapter 10: The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi MovementChapter 11: The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order – Hamza-Dede’s Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla RegionConclusionBibliographyIndex