Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tükles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition

by Devin A. Deweese

This book is the first substantial study of Islamization in any part of Inner Asia from any perspective and the first to emphasize conversion narratives as important sources for understanding the dynamics of Islamization. Challenging the prevailing notions of the nature of Islam in Inner Asia, it explores how conversion to Islam was woven together with indigenous Inner Asian religious values and thereby incorporated as a central and defining element...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271030062
• ISBN13: 9780271030067
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"