Through revealing the fascinating story of the Sufi master Aghā-yi Buzurg and her path to becoming the 'Great Lady' in sixteenth-century Bukhara, Aziza Shanazarova invites readers into the little-known world of female religious authority in early modern Islamic Central Asia, revealing a far more multifaceted gender history than previously supposed. Pointing towards new ways of mapping female religious authority onto the landscapes of early modern Muslim narratives, this book challenges narratives of the relationship between gender and age in Islamic discourse of the period.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall, Rm 6275
Program on Central Asia, APC
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