Thus spake the dervish : Sufism, language, and the religious margins in Central Asia, 1400-1900 / by Alexandre Papas ; translated by Caroline Kraabel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papas, Alexandre, author.

Contributor:

Kraabel, Caroline, translator.

Series:

Studies on Sufism ; 2468-0087 v. 4.

Studies on Sufism, 2468-0087 ; volume 4

Standardized Title:

Ainsi parlait le dervice. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Dervishes--Asia, Central--History.

Dervishes.

Mysticism--Islam--Asia, Central.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--Islam.

History.

Central Asia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 230 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

Thus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author's fieldwork) to examine five successive cases, each of which corresponds to a time period, a specific socially marginal space, and a particular use of mystical language. Including an extensive selection of writings by dervishes, this book demonstrates the diversity and tenacity of Central Asian Sufism over a long period. Here translated into a Western language for the first time, the extracts from primary texts by marginal Sufis allow a rare insight into their world.

Contents:

1 A Manifesto: The Qalandarnama, by Amir Husayn Harawi p. 11

2 In Search of the Margins p. 16

1 In the Streets of Herat p. 28

1 A Presentation of the 'Ali Shir Nawa'i's Mahbub al-qulub p. 28

2 Musicians, Singers, Storytellers p. 33

3 Ruffians, Bohemians, Paupers p. 38

4 Real and False Dervishes p. 42

5 Other Sources: Names and Words p. 48

2 Outside the Madrasas of Bukhara p. 59

1 About the adah al-tariq p. 59 / Hajji 'Abd al-Rahim

2 The Head of the Dervish p. 61

3 The Trunk and the Arms p. 71

4 The Lower Body p. 88

5 From Lexis to Relics p. 97

3 In the Ruins of Aksu p. 104

1 Kharabati, a People's Poet p. 104

2 To Peasants, Artisans, Doctors and the Powerful p. 120

3 The Call to Renunciation p. 128

4 On the Paradox of Language p. 139

4 In the Depths of the Grottoes of Central Asia p. 144

1 Silences in Khotan p. 144

2 Whispers in Tashkent and Samarkand p. 153

3 Graffiti in Manguistaou p. 163

4 Legends in Fergana and Pamir p. 174

5 On the Road with Cantors and Itinerants p. 183

1 The maddah in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang p. 183

2 Abdal tili, the Language of Outsiders p. 195

3 Argot and Mystical Language p. 200.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Papas, Alexandre, author. Thus spake the dervish

ISBN:

9789004398504

9004398503

OCLC:

1096362157