Book contents
- Female Religiosity in Central Asia
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Female Religiosity in Central Asia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Religion and Politics in Post-Timurid Central Asia
- 2 The Centrality of ʿAlidism in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib
- 3 Locating the Great Lady within the Sufi Milieu of Sixteenth-Century Central Asia
- 4 The Chaghatay Book of Guidance
- 5 The Portrayal of the Great Lady in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib
- 6 The Great Lady and Her Hagiographers
- 7 The Great Lady in Shrine Traditions
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the series:
4 - The Chaghatay Book of Guidance
The Categories of Qiz, Khatun, and Qari Khatun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2024
- Female Religiosity in Central Asia
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Female Religiosity in Central Asia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Religion and Politics in Post-Timurid Central Asia
- 2 The Centrality of ʿAlidism in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib
- 3 Locating the Great Lady within the Sufi Milieu of Sixteenth-Century Central Asia
- 4 The Chaghatay Book of Guidance
- 5 The Portrayal of the Great Lady in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib
- 6 The Great Lady and Her Hagiographers
- 7 The Great Lady in Shrine Traditions
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other titles in the series:
Summary
Chapter 4 explores the Chaghatay Book of Guidance, written in sixteenth-century Central Asia as a manual for women about ideal womanhood. The Book of Guidance was commissioned by the royal consort of the Shibanid ruler ʿUbaydullāh Khan, Moghūl Khanim, who is portrayed as a powerful patroness and disciple of Aghā-yi Buzurg in the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib. The fact that both the Book of Guidance and the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib were composed within the same historico-geographical and socioreligious environment makes them invaluable for the study of gender construction from a comparative perspective. The Book of Guidance constitutes key background reading on the prescribed gender roles of women in early modern Central Asia. It thus offers a historical contextualization for the Maẓhar al-ʿajāʾib from a gender perspective and allows us to better understand the complexities of Aghā-yi Buzurg’s case.
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- Female Religiosity in Central AsiaSufi Leaders in the Persianate World, pp. 76 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024