Author
Emre, Side.
Publication Date
2017
Publication Place
Leiden ; Boston -
Brill
Subject
İbrahim bin Muhammed Gülşenî, > -1534. | Muhyî-yi Gülşenî. | 1250-1918 | Khalwatīyah > History. | Khalwatīyah. | Egypt > History > 1250-1517. | Egypt > History > 16th century. | Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. | Egypt. | Turkey. | History.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
431
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (xi, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
40041
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2017
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. | In Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt , Side Emre documents the biography of Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the history of the Khalwati-Gulshani order of dervishes (c. 1440-1600). Set mainly in Mamluk-Egypt, and in the century following the region's conquest by the Ottomans, this book analyzes sociopolitical dialogues at the geographic peripheries of an empire through the actions of and official responses to the Gulshaniyya network. Emre argues that the members of this Sufi order exerted social and political leverage and contributed significantly to the political culture of the empire and Egypt. The Gulshanis are uncovered as unexpected figures among the roster of influential players, in contrast with empire-centered historiographies that depict Ottoman ruling and learned elites as the primary shapers and narrators of the fates of conquered provinces and peoples. The Gulshanis' political and cultural legacy is situated within an analysis of perceptions of Sufism in the early modern Ottoman world.
Sample Text
In Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt , Side Emre documents the biography of Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the history of the Khalwati-Gulshani order of dervishes (c. 1440-1600). Set mainly in Mamluk-Egypt, and in the century following the region's conquest by the Ottomans, this book analyzes sociopolitical dialogues at the geographic peripheries of an empire through the actions of and official responses to the Gulshaniyya network. Emre argues that the members of this Sufi order exerted social and political leverage and contributed significantly to the political culture of the empire and Egypt. The Gulshanis are uncovered as unexpected figures among the roster of influential players, in contrast with empire-centered historiographies that depict Ottoman ruling and learned elites as the primary shapers and narrators of the fates of conquered provinces and peoples. The Gulshanis' political and cultural legacy is situated within an analysis of perceptions of Sufism in the early modern Ottoman world.
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Studies on Sufism1.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.
