288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book brings together the most important articles of the late Joseph F. Fletcher (1934-84), a scholar widely acclaimed for the breadth and brilliance of his historical thought and for his almost unequalled linguistic competence. Fletcher’s mastery of the major languages and historical traditions of East Asia, the Middle East and Europe gave him a unique ability to trace historical movements... Read more
Contents: Preface; A source of the Erdeni-yin erike; China and Central Asia, 1368-1884; An Oyirod letter in the British Museum; Central Asian Sufism and Ma Ming-hsin’s New Teaching; Confrontations between Muslim missionaries and nomad unbelievers in the late 16th century: notes on four passages from the ’Diya’ al-qulub’; The Naqshbandiyya and the dhikr-i arra; Turco-Mongolian monarchic tradition in the Ottoman Empire; The biography of Khwush Kipäk Beg (d. 1781) in the Wai-fan Meng-ku Hui-pu wang kung piao chuan; The Mongols: ecological and social perspectives; Integrative history: parallels and interconnections in the early modern period, 1500-1800; The Naqshbandiyya in northwest China; Index.
Biography
Joseph F. Fletcher
