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For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr?the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet?have led an uneasy existence under Chinese rule. Today they call themselves Uyghurs, and they have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's official national narrative. Rian Thum argues that the roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage dominated understandings of the past. Beyond broadening our knowledge of tensions between the Uyghurs and the Chinese government, this meditation on the very concept of history probes the limits of human interaction with the past. Uyghur historical practice emerged from the circulation of books and people during the Qing Dynasty, when crowds of pilgrims listened to history readings at the tombs of Islamic saints. Over time, amid long journeys and moving rituals, at oasis markets and desert shrines, ordinary readers adapted community-authored manuscripts to their own needs. In the process they created a window into a forgotten Islam, shaped by the veneration of local saints. Partly insulated from the rest of the Islamic world, the Uyghurs constructed a local history that is at once unique and assimilates elements of Semitic, Iranic, Turkic, and Indic traditions?the cultural imports of Silk Road travelers. Through both ethnographic and historical analysis, The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History offers a new understanding of Uyghur historical practices, detailing the remarkable means by which this people reckons with its past and confronts its nationalist aspirations in the present day.

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Harvard University Press
ISBN-13
9780674598553
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209511275

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Author
Rian Thum
Publication Name
The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Anthropology, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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235mm
Item Width
156mm

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Rian Thum
Topic
Islam, Religious History
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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