{"product_id":"in-remembrance-of-the-saints-9780231198189","title":"In Remembrance of the Saints","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late eighteenth century, Muḥammad Ṣadiq Kashghari wrote an account of religious and political conflicts in the Tarim Basin, part of present-day Xinjiang, on the eve of the Qing conquest. This volume presents the complete, long recension of \u003ci\u003eIn Remembrance of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, translated for the first time into any language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA timely and lasting contribution to Qing studies. Brophy has made this essential counternarrative of the Qing conquest of Xinjiang accessible to readers of English. He offers an affecting translation, and his introduction crisply integrates and augments the venerable but fragmentary scholarship on Islamic sects of Inner Asia. -- Pamela Crossley, author of \u003ci\u003eA Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrophy has given us a superb translation of Muḥammad Ṣadiq Kashghari’s text. With its judicious annotations and excellent introduction, this book is a major contribution to the study of an important Sufi tradition of Islamic Inner Asia and its confrontation with Qing expansion. -- Devin DeWeese, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSufism in Central Asia: New Perspectives on Sufi Traditions, 15th–21st Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in classical Uyghur, \u003ci\u003eIn Remembrance of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e records the fateful entanglement of Muslim sainthood, tribal politics, and Qing imperial expansion. This evocative translation brings to life the Inner Asian world of the Uyghurs in the lead-up to the conquest of Xinjiang. -- Nile Green, author of \u003ci\u003eSufism: A Global History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brophy’s translation of\u003ci\u003e In Remembrance of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental contribution to the field, and it deserves to be read by historians of China and Central Asia alike, especially now as Xinjiang has become a major topic in scholarship and media. -- Eric Schluessel, author of \u003ci\u003eLand of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brophy’s superb new translation of Muhammad Sadiq Kashghari’s \u003ci\u003eIn Remembrance of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e brings an important source on eighteenth-century Central Asian and Chinese history to a general audience. . . [T]his work will be a must-have for any scholar of Central Asian history and its accessibility makes it a worthy candidate as a primary source reading for Asian or even world history courses. * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most important and impressive additions in recent memory to English-language scholarship on Central Asia. * Journal of Islamic Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Remembrance of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742164156759,"sku":"9780231198189","price":83.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231198189.jpg?v=1758380922","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-remembrance-of-the-saints-9780231198189","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}