Islamization and native religion in the Golden Horde : Baba Tükles and conversion to Islam in historical and epic tradition/
Devin A., DeWeese ,1956-
- xvii, 638 p. :map ;24 cm.
- Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions .
- Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions .
Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The Religious Environment: Worldview, Ritual, and Communal Status. Islam and Conversion. Indigenous Religion in Traditional Inner Asia. Islamization in Inner Asia -- 2. The Historical Setting: Baba Tukles and the Conversion of Ozbek Khan. Islamic Antecedents in Western Inner Asia. The Conversion of Ozbek Khan. The Conversion of Ozbek Khan in the Account of Otemish Hajji -- 3. Conversion Narrative and Religious Meaning, I: The Setting. Story, History, and Religious Meaning in Conversion Narrative. Debate and Contest. Ritual Intrusion and Displacement -- 4. Conversion Narrative and Religious Meaning, II: The Drama. Baba Tukles and Shamanic Narrative. The Oven-Pit: Ordeal, Sacrifice, and Sacred Enclosure in Forging a Community. Displacement and Assimilation -- 5. Baba Tukles in History and Genealogy. The Hero of the Conversion Narrative: Baba Tukles. Edigu and the Noghay Horde. Reworking the Account of Otemish Hajji: Abd al-Ghaffar Qirimi in the Eighteenth Century.