04363nam 2200649 a 450 991079008960332120200520144314.01-283-11964-1978661311964390-04-19107-010.1163/ej.9789004185999.i-166(CKB)2670000000083427(EBL)717602(OCoLC)727949659(SSID)ssj0000502647(PQKBManifestationID)11324373(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502647(PQKBWorkID)10526964(PQKB)10783975(MiAaPQ)EBC717602(OCoLC)668403809(nllekb)BRILL9789004191075(Au-PeEL)EBL717602(CaPaEBR)ebr10470506(CaONFJC)MIL311964(PPN)170427528(EXLCZ)99267000000008342720101004d2011 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtccrThe formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state[electronic resource] ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 /by Kim SearcyLeiden [The Netherlands] ;Boston Brill20111 online resource (174 p.)Islam in Africa,1570-3754 ;v. 11This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E.90-04-18599-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index.Preliminary Material /K. Searcy -- Introduction /K. Searcy -- Chapter One. Islam In The Sudan /K. Searcy -- Chapter Two. Protocol, Ceremony, And Symbols Of Authority /K. Searcy -- Chapter Three. The Charismatic Leader /K. Searcy -- Chapter Four. The Khalīfa and the Routinization of Charismatic Authority /K. Searcy -- Chapter Five. The Creation Of An Islamic State /K. Searcy -- Conclusion /K. Searcy -- Bibliography /K. Searcy -- Index /K. Searcy.This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E.Islam in Africa ;v. 11.Islamic renewalSudanIslam and politicsSudanSudanHistory1821-1881Islamic renewalIslam and politics962.4/03Searcy Kim1486481MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790089603321The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state3705962UNINA