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Hidden caliphate : Sufi saints beyond the Oxus and Indus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ziad, Waleed, 1980- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Muslim saints > Asia, Central > History.
Muslim saints > Asia, Central > Biography.
Muslim saints > Pakistan > History.
Muslim saints > Pakistan > Biography.
Sufism > Political aspects > History.
Caliphate > History.
Islam and politics > History.
DaŹ»wah (Islam) > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction beyond the Great Game
  • A Persianate cosmopolis
  • The reviver of the second millennium
  • Transporting sacred knowledge
  • How Peshawar revived Bukhara's sanctity
  • The saint and the khan
  • Peshawar in turmoil
  • Guardians of the caravans
  • The diplomat-saints of Farghana
  • From Swat to Kabul
  • Conclusion: The sage of North Waziristan.