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'This ground-breaking study, well documented and well written, adds new and surprising facets to the history of Islam in Central Asia: unexpected insight into the gender aspects of Sufism in the region. An important contribution, central for students of Islam and also for those interested in gender studies.' Jürgen Paul, Universität Hamburg 'This book represents exemplary scholarship in Islamic studies. Rooted in overlooked archival materials, it contains a rich and nuanced analysis of the conjunction between gender, age, religious expression and authority, and the evolution of social memory over a long period. It is also an essential new resource for the study of Central Asia' Shahzad Bashir, Brown University 'A groundbreaking, meticulously researched work. It represents a major contribution to scholarship on Islam in Central Asia and on the role of women as authority figures, with implications that go far beyond its geographical focus.' Jamal J. Elias, University of Pennsylvania 'Shanazarova's groundbreaking book offers a reassessment of the prevailing understanding of gender history in early modern Central Asia through her astute analysis of the narrative traditions of a little-known sixteenth-century female Sufi master, Aghā-yi Buzurg, who lived in Bukhara during the post-Timurid era of Shibānid rule in Central Asia and the rise of the Shīʿī Safavid dynasty in Iran. This book is a must-read for scholars and students of women and gender, Sufism, and narrative traditions in early modern Central Asian and Islamic history.' Jo-Ann Gross, Professor Emerita, The College of New Jersey 'Shanazarova's deeply researched and highly original study of a 16th-century female Sufi master opens astounding insights into the study of women and religious authority in Islamic Central Asia. Female Religiosity represents a major contribution to early modern Central Asian history.' Scott C. Levi, The Ohio State University

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Aziza Shanazarova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, where she specializes on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia and the broader Persianate world with an emphasis on the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.

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