Spiritual subjects : Central Asian pilgrims and the Ottoman hajj at the end of empire / Lâle Can

At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Central Asians made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Traveling long distances, many lived for extended periods in Ottoman cities dotting the routes. Though technically foreigners, these Muslim colonial subjects often blurred the lines between pilgrim...

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Main Author: Can, Lâle (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020
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Table of Contents:
  • Rewriting the road to Mecca
  • Sufi lodges as sites of transimperial connection
  • Extraterritoriality and the question of protection
  • Petitioning the Sultan
  • From pilgrims to migrants and de facto Ottomans