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The Sufi ¿¿¿¿¿¿arīqa as an Exchange Network: The A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārīs in Timūrid Central Asia

Siddiqui, Ali Gibran
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338309336

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2012, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History.
The existence of an empire is not necessary for trans-regional exchange. Though empires may be framed as systems of exchange, control over a trans-regional exchange network is only one aspect of an imperial system. An imperial system exists when a state possesses both formal executive power and agency in controlling trans-regional exchange. In the late fourteenth and the early fifteenth century Central Asia, the Timūrid Empire continued the Mongol legacy of maintaining an imperial exchange network. Though the empire fragmented into smaller states following the Timūrid ruler Ulugh Bey’s death in 1449, commercial and demographic exchange continued between the regions of Transoxania and Khurāsān. The disintegration of the empire into smaller Timūrid polities and the inability of Timūrid rulers to extend their power beyond the borders of their states should have adversely affected exchange process in the region. Trans-regional exchange, however, survived with the help of the A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārī Naqshbandī Sufi network. The creation of the Sufi network was a reaction to the increasingly decentralized Central Asian political environment. The A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārī network represented a body of traders and craftsmen and had a strong presence in urban Central Asia. Though the A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārī network lacked formal political power, it used its trans-regional presence to diplomatically integrate the courts of rival Timūrid rulers into a greater exchange network. Thus, despite the existence of a decentralized political environment, the A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārī network and the Timūrid states successfully ensured the survival of exchange processes in a post-imperial Central Asia.
Scott Levi, Dr (Advisor)
Derek Heng, Dr (Committee Member)
Thomas McDow, Dr (Committee Member)
History
Sufi; Tariqa; Ahrar; Naqshbandi; Timurid; networks

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  • Siddiqui, A. G. (2012). The Sufi ¿¿¿¿¿¿arīqa as an Exchange Network: The A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārīs in Timūrid Central Asia [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338309336

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Siddiqui, Ali. The Sufi ¿¿¿¿¿¿arīqa as an Exchange Network: The A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārīs in Timūrid Central Asia. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338309336.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Siddiqui, Ali. "The Sufi ¿¿¿¿¿¿arīqa as an Exchange Network: The A¿¿¿¿¿¿rārīs in Timūrid Central Asia." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338309336

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