Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Encyclopaedia Iranica Online." Encyclopaedia Iranica. http://www.iranica.com/.
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Muslim Life
Who: ancestors, healers, jadids, oqsoqols, otins, saints, spirits, Sufis, women
What: GATHERINGS (Osh Bibiyo, Osh Payg'ambari); LIFE CYCLE RITUALS (birth, marriage, bride price, divorce); OTHER (healing, prayer)
When: HOLIDAYS (Navruz, Qurbon Hayit, Roza Hayit) OTHER (alcohol)
Where: SACRED SITES - NATURAL (burial, Solomon's Mountain, wishing trees); SACRED SITES - SHRINES (Ali Shrine, Gur-i Amir, Mazar-i-Sharif, Naqshbandi Complex, Ughlan-ota Shirine, Yasawi Mausoleum); OTHER (madrasa, mahalla)
What: GATHERINGS (Osh Bibiyo, Osh Payg'ambari); LIFE CYCLE RITUALS (birth, marriage, bride price, divorce); OTHER (healing, prayer)
When: HOLIDAYS (Navruz, Qurbon Hayit, Roza Hayit) OTHER (alcohol)
Where: SACRED SITES - NATURAL (burial, Solomon's Mountain, wishing trees); SACRED SITES - SHRINES (Ali Shrine, Gur-i Amir, Mazar-i-Sharif, Naqshbandi Complex, Ughlan-ota Shirine, Yasawi Mausoleum); OTHER (madrasa, mahalla)
Pubilcation Details
Author's Last Name: A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Z
Medium: blog book chapter dissertation e-article e-book e-journal e-news journal magazine website
Genre: anthology bibliography biography coffee table dictionary edited encyclopedia historical literature section short story travel log
Multimedia: audio e-content maps photos video
Publication Date: 1930s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Medium: blog book chapter dissertation e-article e-book e-journal e-news journal magazine website
Genre: anthology bibliography biography coffee table dictionary edited encyclopedia historical literature section short story travel log
Multimedia: audio e-content maps photos video
Publication Date: 1930s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Demographic Details
People: Dungan/Hui Karakalpaks Kazakhs Kyrgyz Tajiks Tatars Turkmen Uygur Uzbeks
Country: Afghanistan China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
City/Region: Almaty Bishkek Bukhara Ferghana Valley Kabul Khiva Mazar-i-Sharif Osh Samarqand Xinjiang Yining
Time Period: pre-Tsarist Tsarist Soviet post-Soviet
Country: Afghanistan China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
City/Region: Almaty Bishkek Bukhara Ferghana Valley Kabul Khiva Mazar-i-Sharif Osh Samarqand Xinjiang Yining
Time Period: pre-Tsarist Tsarist Soviet post-Soviet
Author's Perspective
Main Theme: diversity description dispute resolution foreign relations identity overview reform revival secular Islam state control syncretism
Author's Discipline: archeology anthropology architecture CA studies geography history journalism law linguistics literature politics science
Methodology: archival audio bibliographic ethnography general knowledge interview observation photography survey translation video
Author's Discipline: archeology anthropology architecture CA studies geography history journalism law linguistics literature politics science
Methodology: archival audio bibliographic ethnography general knowledge interview observation photography survey translation video
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