The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform
Subtitle: Jadidism in Central Asia
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 27
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 1, 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley, California, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780520213555
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Colonization & independence; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Islamic studies; Islam; Colonies And Colonization; Muslims; History; History - General History; History: World; Central Asia; Islam - General; Asia - General; History / General; Asia, Central; Islam and politics; Islam and state
First sentence: The three and a half centuries between the collapse of the Timurid order and the Russian conquest constitute the least understood period of Central Asian history.