Kashgar Revisited : Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
- Brill's Inner Asian Library ; v.34 .
- Brill's Inner Asian Library .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and Spelling -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- In the Footsteps of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring -- Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Birgit N. Schlyter, Jun Sugawara -- Part 1 -- Language -- Chapter 1 -- From the Private Library of Gunnar Jarring and His New Eastern Turki Dictionary -- Birgit N. Schlyter -- Chapter 2 -- Manuscript Technologies, Writing and Reading in Early 20th-century Kashgar -- Arienne M. Dwyer -- Chapter 3 -- From Eastern Turki to Modern Uyghur -- A Lexicological Study of Prints from the Swedish Mission Press in Kashgar (1892-1938) -- Äsäd Sulaiman -- Chapter 4 -- The Khotan Varieties of Uyghur as Seen in Jarring's Transcription -- Abdurishid Yakup -- Part 2 -- History -- Chapter 5 -- The 1795 Khoqand Mission and Its Negotiations with the Qing -- Political and Diplomatic Space of Qing Kashgaria -- Takahiro Onuma -- Chapter 6 -- Muslims at the Yamen Gate -- Translating Justice in Late-Qing Xinjiang -- Eric T. Schluessel -- Chapter 7 -- Models and Realities -- Aspects of Format in Real Estate Deeds under Conditions of Legal Pluralism in Xinjiang -- Jun Sugawara -- Chapter 8 -- Muslim Reformism in Xinjiang -- Reading the Newspaper Yengī Ḥayāt (1934-1937) -- Alexandre Papas -- Chapter 9 -- Defining the Past and Shaping the Future -- Reflections on Xinjiang Narratives, Uyghur-Han-Hui Relations, and the Perspectives of Research -- Fredrik Fällman -- Part 3 -- Religion -- Chapter 10 -- Writing the Religious and Social History of Some Sufi Lodges in Kashgar in the 20th Century -- Thierry Zarcone -- Chapter 11 -- Ordam Mazar -- A Meeting Place for Different Practices and Belief Systems in Culturally Diverse Xinjiang -- Rahile Dawut -- Chapter 12 -- Magic, Science, and Religion in Eastern Xinjiang -- Chris Hann and Ildikó Bellér-Hann -- Part 4. Kinship and Gender -- Chapter 13 -- "Keep the wealth within the family" -- Cousin Marriage and Swedish Uncles in Kashgar -- Rune Steenberg -- Chapter 14 -- "A man works on the land, a woman works for her man" -- Building on Jarring's Fascination with Eastern Turki Proverbs -- Dilmurat Mahmut [Maihemuti Dilimulati] and Joanne Smith Finley -- Index.
Contributions to the volume provide new insights into ongoing research into Uyghur history, linguistics and culture, while building on the scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turcologist and diplomat.