Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages) : illustrations, map |
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New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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Contents |
Islam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion |
Summary |
In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation's president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of Amadu Bamba as wel |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927.
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SUBJECT |
Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927 fast |
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Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927. idsbb |
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Bamba, Ahmadu. idszbz |
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Bamba, Ahmadu. swd |
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Murīdīya gnd |
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Murīdīyah -- Senegal -- Biography
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Islam and politics -- Senegal -- History
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Islamic sects -- Senegal
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Islam and politics
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Islamic sects
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Murīdīyah
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Bildung
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Murīdiyya -- Senegal -- Geschichte.
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Sufismus -- Senegal -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Muriden.
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Senegal
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Senegal.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780821442579 |
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0821442570 |
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