Muslim religious institutions in Imperial Russia : the Islamic world of Novouzensk District and the Kazakh Inner Horde, 1780-1910 /

Frank, Allen J., 1964-

Muslim religious institutions in Imperial Russia : the Islamic world of Novouzensk District and the Kazakh Inner Horde, 1780-1910 / by Allen J. Frank. - Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2001. - x, 341 p. : map ; 25 cm. - Islamic history and civilization. v. 35 0929-2403 ; . - Islamic history and civilization v. 35. .

The Tawarikh-i Alti Ata. Islamic Historiography in the Volga-Ural Region. The Tawarikh-i Alti Ata -- Geography and Economic Life. Sacred Geography. Jurisdictions. The Physical Setting. Economic Life -- Ethnography. The Alti Ata Muslims. Other Ethnic Groups -- Religious Figures. The Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly. Titles and Positions. Imams in Novouzensk District. Mu'adhdhins. Sufis and Sufism -- Mosques. Sources. Mosques in Russia. Mosques in Novouzensk district -- Islamic Education. Introduction. The Communal Foundations of Muslim Education. The Teachers and Curricula. Madrasa Construction and Architecture. Ch. 1. 1. 2. Ch. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. Ch. 3. 1. 2. Ch. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ch. 5. 1. 2. 3. Ch. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4.̃

"The book presents a detailed examination of Russia's rural Muslim religious institutions on the steppe frontier during the imperial period. It is based on a Turkic manuscript history entitled the Tavarikh-i Alti Ata, compiled in 1910. The study examines the mosques, madrasas, imams, mu'adhdhins, and Sufis of a single district and in adjoining regions of the Kazakh steppe, areas that were inhabited by several Muslim communities, including Tatar peasants and merchants, Bashkir and Kazakh nomads, and Muslim Cossacks." "The study compares the information from the manuscript with published sources on Islamic institutions in the Volga-Ural region, using it as a case study to draw conclusions for Russia as a whole. Special emphasis is placed on the social and communal functions of these institutions for the Muslim minorities inhabiting rural Russia."--Jacket.

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Muslims--History.--Russia (Federation)--Volga-Ural Region
Islam--History.--Russia (Federation)--Volga-Ural Region


Volga-Ural Region (Russia)--History.


History

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