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The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state : ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 /
This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston, Mass. ; Leiden :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Islam in Africa ;
v. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key eleme. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 165 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004191075 9004191070 1283119641 9781283119641 9786613119643 6613119644 |