Building an Archival Persona: The Transformation of Sufi Ijāza Culture in Russia, 1880s–1920s

This article analyses the uses of education certificates (ijāzas) as a tool of self-expression by Russia’s Muslims in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While the transmission of ijāzas as such served as a means of constructing the ideal Muslim personality, manuscript evidence suggests that a s...

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Authors: Bustanov, Alʹfrid Kašafovič ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Shikhaliev, Shamil (Author) ; Chmilevskaia, Ilona (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 216-252
Further subjects:B hybrid Sufi affiliations
B manuscript miscellanies
B Persona
B Self-image
B ijāzas
B Muslim subjectivity
B Sufism in Russia
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