Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia : sufi dimensions to the formation of Bosnian Muslim society / by Ines Aščerić-Todd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aščerić-Todd, Ines.

Series:

Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 1380-6076 v. 58.

The Ottoman Empire and its heritage: politics, society, and economy, 1380-6076 ; volume 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Sufism.

Islam--Bosnia and Herzegovina--History.

Islam.

History.

Bosnia and Herzegovina--History--1463-1878.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 198 pages : illustrations (mostly color), map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction : Aims and Scope; Islam in Bosnia : history, historiography and political dimension; Bosnian Muslim society and dervish orders : parameters, sources and methodology; A note on 'syncretism' and 'heterodoxy'

Part 1. Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia : the Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim Society: 1. Dervishes and the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia; 2. The earliest Tekkes in Bosnia; 3. Dervishes as founders of Bosnian towns

Part 2. Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia : Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City Life: 4. Akhis, dervish orders and the religious character of Bosnian guilds; 5. Futuwwa documents fütüvvetnames, șecerenames and pirnames; 6. Guild punishments, ceremonies and festivities; 7. The Akhi-Baba; 8. The guilds and the state; 9. The guilds and the Islamisation process

Part 3. Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis: A Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement?: 10. The heyday and end of the Hamzevi Movement; 11. The foundations of the Hamzevi Order : Hamza-Dede's Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.

ISBN:

9789004278219

9004278214

9789004288447

9004288449

OCLC:

898113406

Publisher Number:

9789004278219