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Frontier of faith : a history of religious mobilisation in the Pakistan Tribal Areas c. 1890-1950 / Sana Haroon.
Van Pelt Library DS392.F43 H376 2011
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LIBRA DS392.N67 H3794 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haroon, Sana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and politics.
- Ulama--Political activity.
- History.
- Ulama.
- Islam.
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan)--Politics and government.
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan).
- Islam--Pakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
- Ulama--Political activity--Pakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas--History.
- Islam and politics--Pakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
- Pakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Ethnography, cartography and the construction of the North-West Frontier Tribal Areas
- 2. Islamic revivalism and Sufism among the Tribal Pakhtuns
- 3. Religious authority and the Pakhtun clans
- 4. Patrons of the saints
- 5. Consolidating autonomy 1923-1930
- 6. Confronting the nation, 1930-1950
- Epilogue-Islamists and the utility of autonomous space: from the Afghan Jihad to Al-Qaeda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199060258
- 9780199060252
- OCLC:
- 759594640
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