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Book SynopsisIn Dervishes and Islam in Bosnia, Ines Aščerić-Todd explores the involvement of Sufi orders in the formation of Muslim society in the first two centuries of Ottoman rule in Bosnia (15th - 16th centuries C.E.). Using a wide range of primary sources, Aščerić-Todd shows that Sufi traditions and the activities of dervish orders were at the heart of the religious, cultural, socio-economic and political dynamics in Bosnia in the period which witnessed the emergence of Bosnian Muslim society and the most intensive phase of conversions of the Bosnian population to Islam. In the process, she also challenges some of the established views regarding Ottoman guilds and the subject of futuwwa (Sufi code of honour).
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations 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 I – Conquest, Settlement and Town-Formation in Ottoman Bosnia: the Sufi Contribution to the Early Stages of the Development of Bosnian Muslim Society Chapter 1: Dervishes and the Ottoman Conquest of Bosnia Chapter 2: The Earliest Tekkes in Bosnia Chapter 3: Dervishes as Founders of Bosnian Towns PART II – Urban Realities of Ottoman Bosnia: Trade-Guilds, Tekkes and Dervish Traditions at the Heart of City Life Chapter 4: Akhis, Dervish Orders and the Religious Character of Bosnian Guilds Chapter 5: Futuwwa Documents – Fütüvvetnames, Şecerenames and Pirnames Chapter 6: Guild Punishments, Ceremonies and Festivities Chapter 7: The Akhi-Baba Chapter 8: The Guilds and the State Chapter 9: The Guilds and the Islamisation Process PART III – Political Roles of Bosnian Dervishes: the Hamzevis – a Dervish Order or a Socio-Political Movement? Chapter 10: The Heyday and End of the Hamzevi Movement Chapter 11: The Foundations of the Hamzevi Order – Hamza-Dede’s Tekke and Islamisation in the Tuzla Region Conclusion Bibliography Index
