- Evanston, IL
Jeff Eden
Northwestern University, History, Faculty Member
- Eurasia, Global History, World History, History of Slavery, Abolition of Slavery, Orientalism, and 149 moreColonialism, Empire and Imperialism, Soviet Union, History of Communism; Soviet; Post-Soviet; Russia; Eastern Europe, World War II, Islam in Central Asia, Second World War, Comparative Religion, Soviet History, Iranian Studies, Asian History, History of Religions, History of the Islamic World, Religious Studies, Islamic Literature, Islamic shrines, Travel Writing, Russian Studies, War Studies, Russian Politics, Caucasus, Muslims in Europe, Russian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, History Of Propaganda, War and society, Culture in the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Eastern Front, Stalinist Historiography, Stalin and Stalinism, Warfare, The Third Reich, Nazi Germany, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Stalinism, Nazism, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Adolf Hitler, Russian and Soviet History, War Propaganda, Stalin and the USSR, Islam In Russia and the Caucasus, Hitler and the Nazis, Stalinist Terror, Eastern Front 1941-45, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Central Asia (History), Folklore (Literature), Medieval Mysticism, Chaghatay Turkic literature, Turkic Linguistics, Muslims, Muslim Shrines, History of Central Asia, Legends of Saints, Muslim philosophy and thought, Travel Literature, South Asian Studies, Slavery, Slave Trade, Middle East Studies, History of Iran, History of slavery and migration movements, Middle Eastern History, Anti-slavery, Middle Eastern Studies, Imperial Russia, History of Kazakhstan, Turco-Iranian World, Russian Empire, Abolitionism, Russian Imperial History, Qajar Iran, Comparative Empires, Turkistan under Russian Imperial Rule, Slaves, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Colonialism and Imperialism, Economic History, Afghanistan, Eurasian Nomads, History of Afghanistan, Nomadism, Nomads, Caravans, Slavery and Abolition, Religion, Asian Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Hagiography, History of Religion, Inner Asian Studies, Uyghur, Central Asian Studies, Cult of Saints, Silk Road, Silk Road Studies, Saints' Cults, Mysticism, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Inner Asian History, Xinjiang, Persianate Sufism, Islamic History, Islam, Central Eurasian Studies, Central Asian History (Area Studies), Patronage (History), Central Asia, Tariqa Sufism, Central asian history, Islamic Mysticism, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Uyghurs, Xinjiang studies, Uyghur literature, intellectual history, social history, Inner Asia, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Turkic Studies, Medieval saints, Saints, Sufisme, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, Turkic languages, Muslim Uyghurs, Middle East History, Iranian History, History of the Modern Middle East, Qajar Dynasty, Qajar Persia, Early Modern Captivity Narratives, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Khanate of Khiva, Captivity, Persian History (From the Safavids to the Qajars), Khorezm, Comparative Slavery, Abolition, Eurasian trade routes, Runaway Slaves, Manumission, The Great Game, Fugitive Slaves, and Eurasian Tradeedit
Research Interests: Soviet History, Russian Orthodox Church, Caucasus, Islamic Studies, Second World War, and 15 moreRussian History, Russian Orthodoxy, World War II, Central Asia, Culture in the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Stalinism, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Muslims, Tatars, Soviet Union, and Islam and Atheism In the Soviet Union
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Research Interests: Hagiography, Middle East Studies, Central Asian Studies, Silk Road Studies, Sufism, and 15 moreXinjiang, Islam in Central Asia, Central Asia, Chaghatay Turkic literature, Uyghurs, East Turkestan, Uyghur literature, intellectual history, social history, Comparative Mystical Literature, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Uighur Xinjiang, Islamic shrines, Qarakhanids, History of the Silk Road, Legends of Saints, and Muslims In China
With an appendix by Rian Thum and David Brophy. The story of the Sufi saint Khwaja Muhammad Sharif is one of the best-loved hagiographies from East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang, China), where the saint’s shrine remains a place of... more
With an appendix by Rian Thum and David Brophy.
The story of the Sufi saint Khwaja Muhammad Sharif is one of the best-loved hagiographies from East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang, China), where the saint’s shrine remains a place of pilgrimage and devotion to this day. The Khwaja’s narrative recounts his adventures as he travels from Central Asia to Hindustan, Mecca, and back again, guided by saintly spirits and working miracles at every turn. He saves Muslims from shipwreck, gains powerful disciples, wages holy war, and ends his days as a beloved Sufi master. Jeff Eden’s introduction and notes offer insights into the text and its interpretation, and his translation marks the first time that a complete East Turkistani hagiography has been made available to readers in English. The appendix, by Rian Thum and David Brophy, reveals the intricate liaison between Muhammad Sharif’s shrine complex, its elite patrons, and the present hagiography. A classic of its genre, the Life of Muhammad Sharif provides both an accessible introduction to Central Asian Sufi literature and a compelling mystical allegory on the attainment of spiritual perfection.
The story of the Sufi saint Khwaja Muhammad Sharif is one of the best-loved hagiographies from East Turkistan (present-day Xinjiang, China), where the saint’s shrine remains a place of pilgrimage and devotion to this day. The Khwaja’s narrative recounts his adventures as he travels from Central Asia to Hindustan, Mecca, and back again, guided by saintly spirits and working miracles at every turn. He saves Muslims from shipwreck, gains powerful disciples, wages holy war, and ends his days as a beloved Sufi master. Jeff Eden’s introduction and notes offer insights into the text and its interpretation, and his translation marks the first time that a complete East Turkistani hagiography has been made available to readers in English. The appendix, by Rian Thum and David Brophy, reveals the intricate liaison between Muhammad Sharif’s shrine complex, its elite patrons, and the present hagiography. A classic of its genre, the Life of Muhammad Sharif provides both an accessible introduction to Central Asian Sufi literature and a compelling mystical allegory on the attainment of spiritual perfection.
Research Interests: Religion, Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Near Eastern Studies, Hagiography, and 42 moreHistory of Religion, Inner Asian Studies, Iranian Studies, Central Asian Studies, Asian History, Cult of Saints, Central Asia (History), Saints' Cults, Mysticism, History of Religions, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islam in Central Asia, History of the Islamic World, Persianate Sufism, Islamic History, Islam, Folklore (Literature), Central Eurasian Studies, Central Asian History (Area Studies), Central Asia, Tariqa Sufism, Islamic Mysticism, Medieval Mysticism, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Chaghatay Turkic literature, Turkic Linguistics, Muslims, Turkic Studies, Muslim Shrines, Saints, Sufisme, History of Central Asia, Turkic languages, Islamic Literature, Islamic shrines, Religius and Islamic Studies, Legends of Saints, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Central Asian Societies, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Translated by Muhammad Salah Ali. Cairo: Madarat, 2023.
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Spanning the history of Islamic Central Asia from medieval to modern times, this volume features groundbreaking studies of the region's religious life and culture by leading scholars in the field.
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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 59/1-2 (2016)
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Research Interests: Central Asian Studies, Colonialism, Eurasian Nomads, Central Asia (History), Russian History, and 14 moreImperial Russia, Central Asia, Nomadism, History of Kazakhstan, Russia, Imperialism, Russian Empire, Kazakhstan, Kazakh studies, Caravans, Russian Imperial History, Early Steppe Nomadic peoples migrations and social life, History of Eurasian Steppe, and Nomadic/Indigenous People
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Research Interests: Early Modern Captivity, Iranian Studies, Slavery, Central Asian Studies, History of Iran, and 15 moreHistory of Slavery, Eurasian Nomads, Silk Road, Silk Road Studies, Abolition of Slavery, Slave Trade, Central Eurasian Studies, Imperial Russia, Central Asia, Turco-Iranian World, Uzbekistan, Russian Empire, Kazakhstan, Nomads, and Enslavement
Research Interests: Asian Studies, Russian Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Middle East Studies, South Asian Studies, and 45 moreIranian Studies, Afghanistan, Slavery, Central Asian Studies, History of Iran, History of Slavery, Eurasian Nomads, Central Asia (History), History of slavery and migration movements, Abolition of Slavery, Middle Eastern History, Anti-slavery, Middle Eastern Studies, Slave Trade, Russian History, Central Eurasian Studies, Central Asian History (Area Studies), History of Afghanistan, Imperial Russia, Central Asia, Nomadism, History of Kazakhstan, Turco-Iranian World, Comparative Slavery, Russian Empire, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Abolitionism, Nomads, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Abolition, Caravans, Eurasian trade routes, Russian Imperial History, Runaway Slaves, Manumission, Turkistan under Russian Imperial Rule, Qajar Iran, Slaves, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Slavery and Abolition, The Great Game, Fugitive Slaves, Colonialism and Imperialism, and Eurasian Trade
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Middle East Studies, Middle East & North Africa, Middle East History, and 22 moreWar Studies, Post-Colonialism, Saudi Arabia, Middle Eastern Politics, Islamic Studies, Globalization And Postcolonial Studies, Modern Middle East History, Middle Eastern Studies, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Islamic History, Islam, History of the Modern Middle East, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arab world, Jihad, Salafi-jihadist groups, Arabian/Persian Gulf Studies, Arabic and Middle Eastern studies, Saudi Arabian History, and Jihadism and Radical Islamism
Research Interests: Comparative Religion, Russian Studies, Soviet History, History of Religion, War Studies, and 42 moreRussian Politics, Central Asian Studies, World History, Caucasus, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Second World War, Islam in Central Asia, Global History, Muslims in Europe, Russian History, Russian Studies (in Area Studies) and the Caucasus, World War II, Central Asian History (Area Studies), History Of Propaganda, War and society, Central Asia, Culture in the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Eastern Front, Stalinist Historiography, Stalin and Stalinism, Warfare, The Third Reich, Nazi Germany, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Stalinism, Nazism, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Adolf Hitler, History of Communism; Soviet; Post-Soviet; Russia; Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Russian and Soviet History, War Propaganda, Stalin and the USSR, Islam In Russia and the Caucasus, Eastern Front 1941-45, Stalinist Terror, and Hitler and the Nazis
The introduction outlines the key issues underlying the contributions to the volume, problematizing the terminology and conceptual framework typically adopted in studies of Jadidism. Following a consideration of divergent definitions of... more
The introduction outlines the key issues underlying the contributions to the volume, problematizing the terminology and conceptual framework typically adopted in studies of Jadidism. Following a consideration of divergent definitions of Jadidism in existing scholarship, and some examples illustrating the recurrent motifs encountered in scholarly representations of the Jadids, the authors focus on four revisionist theses that frame the directions they believe future scholarship on Jadidism should take. The first claims that Jadidism was not a coherent ‘movement,’ but reflected a set of intellectual and cultural practices closely connected with the discourse of Islamic ‘reform;’ the second recognizes that the association of particular individuals with Jadidism was itself contingent and sporadic, again calling into question the coherence of Jadidism in the social sphere. The third insists that previous scholarship has misconstrued the motivations and achievements of the Jadid ‘reformers.’ The fourth questions the interpretative value of the prevailing terminology of Jadid studies, including ‘Islamic modernism,’ the alternative of ‘traditionalism,’ and even ‘Jadidism’ itself.
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Research Interests: Travel Writing, Near Eastern Studies, Middle East History, Inner Asian Studies, Iranian Studies, and 26 moreSlavery, Central Asian Studies, History of Iran, History of Slavery, Silk Road, Silk Road Studies, Middle Eastern History, Inner Asian History, Middle Eastern Studies, Slave Trade, Iranian History, Travel Literature, Central Asia, History of the Modern Middle East, Qajar Dynasty, Qajar Persia, Early Modern Captivity Narratives, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Khanate of Khiva, Captivity, Qajar Iran, Persian History (From the Safavids to the Qajars), History of the Silk Road, Khorezm, Central Asian History and Anthropology, and Central Asian Societies
Research Interests: Religion, Asian Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Hagiography, History of Religion, and 42 moreInner Asian Studies, Uyghur, Central Asian Studies, Cult of Saints, Silk Road, Silk Road Studies, Saints' Cults, Mysticism, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Inner Asian History, Xinjiang, Persianate Sufism, Islamic History, Islam, Central Eurasian Studies, Central Asian History (Area Studies), Patronage (History), Central Asia, Tariqa Sufism, Central asian history, Islamic Mysticism, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Uyghurs, Xinjiang studies, Uyghur literature, intellectual history, social history, Inner Asia, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Turkic Studies, Medieval saints, Saints, Sufisme, Mediaeval Cult of Relics and Saints, Turkic languages, Muslim Uyghurs, Religius and Islamic Studies, History of Xinjiang, History of the Silk Road, Central Asian History and Anthropology, Turkic & Altaic Studies, Central Asian Societies, and Persianate Civilizations
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Research Interests: Hagiography, Central Asian Studies, Islamic Studies, Islam in Central Asia, Central Asia, and 10 moreTajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Early Islamic Central Asia, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Comparative hagiography, Saints and Hagiography, and Medieval Hagiography
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I regret phrasing a core issue of the book as the "survival" of religion (in the third paragraph, using that dreadfully poorly chosen word), but I hope readers will get the gist-- and that they will read Tasar's magnificent work.