3 Ocak 2010 Pazar

Medieval Central Asia:Sufis, Saints and Nomads


The Tomb of Aisha Bibi



Tomb of Ahmed Yesevi


Pre-Mongolian : first wave of conversion to Islam, without important centers of conversion, emphasis on the person


Central Asian Sufism: earlier belief systems such as ancestor worship, animistic beliefs and Buddhism facilitated the spread of Islam through a flexible and unorthodox practice, that is Sufism.


The spread of Sufism itself was through figures who played the most important roles. Ahmed Yesevi is one of them. (Aslanbab, his teacher: teachers also respected in central Asian sufism)


After the 14th century: 2nd wave of conversion, this time emphasis was no longer only on the person but many centers where Arabic and Arabic literature florished became the tools of the spread of Islam.

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