Muslim Turkistan
Subtitle: Kazak Religion and Collective Memory
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: June 29, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780700712977
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Islam; Islamic studies; Religion; Ethnic Issues; Kazakhstan; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Judaism - Rituals & Practice
First sentence: The Kazaks are a Muslim people in Central Asia among whom religious belief and behavior are mediated by a vibrant memory of their nomadic ancestors and the Sufi saints who nurtured them in the way of Islam.