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    Abstract Central Asian historical sources from the Uzbek period (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) describe the naqīb as a high administrative functionary, with important military duties and one of the most honored places in ceremonial occasions at the khans' courts. Several holders of this post were descendants of Sayyid Ata, a fourteenth-century Sufi saint traditionally ascribed a central role in the Islamization of the Jöchid ulus, and according to some sources the rank of naqīb was indeed the hereditary right of Sayyid Ata's descendants in the Uzbek khanates. The nature of the niqābat, the tradition of the Sayyid Atāʾī "monopoly" on the title, and the signs of a challenge to the family's hereditary rights are explored here, along with the implications of the Sayyid Atāʾī niqābat for the political uses of Islamization in Inner Asian states. Devin DeWeese Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 612-634 (article consists of 23 pages) Published by: American Oriental Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/604731

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    Abstract Central Asian historical sources from the Uzbek period (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) describe the naqīb as a high administrative functionary, with important military duties and one of the most honored places in ceremonial occasions at the khans' courts. Several holders of this post were descendants of Sayyid Ata, a fourteenth-century Sufi saint traditionally ascribed a central role in the Islamization of the Jöchid ulus, and according to some sources the rank of naqīb was indeed the hereditary right of Sayyid Ata's descendants in the Uzbek khanates. The nature of the niqābat, the tradition of the Sayyid Atāʾī "monopoly" on the title, and the signs of a challenge to the family's hereditary rights are explored here, along with the implications of the Sayyid Atāʾī niqābat for the political uses of Islamization in Inner Asian states. Devin DeWeese Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 612-634 (article consists of 23 pages) Published by: American Oriental Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/604731

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    Abstract Central Asian historical sources from the Uzbek period (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) describe the naqīb as a high administrative functionary, with important military duties and one of the most honored places in ceremonial occasions at the khans' courts. Several holders of this post were descendants of Sayyid Ata, a fourteenth-century Sufi saint traditionally ascribed a central role in the Islamization of the Jöchid ulus, and according to some sources the rank of naqīb was indeed the hereditary right of Sayyid Ata's descendants in the Uzbek khanates. The nature of the niqābat, the tradition of the Sayyid Atāʾī "monopoly" on the title, and the signs of a challenge to the family's hereditary rights are explored here, along with the implications of the Sayyid Atāʾī niqābat for the political uses of Islamization in Inner Asian states. Devin DeWeese Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 612-634 (article consists of 23 pages) Published by: American Oriental Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/604731

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    The Descendants of Sayyid Ata and the Rank of Naqīb in Central Asia

    The Descendants of Sayyid Ata and the Rank of Naqīb in Central Asia

    • Devin DeWeese
    • Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 612-634
    (article consists of 23 pages)
    • Published by: American Oriental Society
    • Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/604731

    Abstract
    Central Asian historical sources from the Uzbek period (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) describe the
    naqīb as a high administrative functionary, with important military duties and one of the most
    honored places in ceremonial occasions at the khans' courts. Several holders of this post were
    descendants of Sayyid Ata, a fourteenth-century Sufi saint traditionally ascribed a central role in the
    Islamization of the Jöchid ulus, and according to some sources the rank of naqīb was indeed the
    hereditary right of Sayyid Ata's descendants in the Uzbek khanates. The nature of the niqābat, the
    tradition of the Sayyid Atāʾī "monopoly" on the title, and the signs of a challenge to the family's
    hereditary rights are explored here, along with the implications of the Sayyid Atāʾī niqābat for the
    political uses of Islamization in Inner Asian states.

    The Descendants of Sayyid Ata and the Rank of Naqīb in Central Asia, by Devin DeWeese ©
    1995 American Oriental Society.

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