Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia : Sufi Dimensions to the Formation of Bosnian Muslim Society.

Intro -- Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia: Sufi dimensions to the formation of Bosnian Muslim society -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Names and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Aims and Scope -- Islam in Bosnia - History, Historiography and Political Dimensions -- Bosnian Muslim Society and Dervish Orders - Parameters, Sources and Methodology -- A Note on 'Syncretism' and 'Heterodoxy' -- PART 1: Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia: The Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim Society -- 1 Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of Bosnia -- 2 The Earliest Tekkes in Bosnia -- 3 Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian Towns -- PART 2: Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia: Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City Life -- 4 Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian Guilds -- 5 Futuwwa Documents: Fütüvvetnames, Secerenames and Pirnames -- 6 Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and Festivities -- 7 The Akhi-Baba -- 8 The Guilds and the State -- 9 The Guilds and the Islamisation Process -- PART 3: Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis - A Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement? -- 10 The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi Movement -- 11 The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order: Hamza-Dede's Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia, Ines Asčerić-Todd explores the importance of dervish orders and Sufism in the formation of Muslim society in the first two centuries of Ottoman rule in Bosnia (15th - 16th centuries C.E.).

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