The Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, 1924 (eBook, ePUB)

Debates and Implications
Redaktion: Giunchi, Elisa; Melis, Nicola

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate. The Ottoman sultans had long borne the title of caliphs of Islam and even after the demise of the sultanate in 1922 the caliphate retained great symbolic relevance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040102770
• Artikelnr.: 72285225

Autorenporträt

Elisa Giunchi is a Professor at the University of Milan, Italy Nicola Melis is an Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari, Italy

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors vii
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
ELISA GIUNCHI AND NICOLA MELIS
1 The Tradition of the Ottoman Caliphate and Its End 13
AZMI ÖZCAN
2 The Pamphlet Battle of Deputy Hocas: The Caliphate Versus the Grand
National Assembly 26
YASEMIN TÜRKKAN TUNALI
3 The Caliphate Debates in Turkey and Beyond: Dissensus and Politicization
41
NURULLAH ARDIÇ
4 The Caliphate and Absent Authority 65
REZA PANKHURST
5 The Abolition of the Caliphate, Secularization and Kurdish Nationalism 78
MARTIN VAN BRUINESSEN
6 Pan-Islamism and Defence of the Ottoman Caliphate in Some Writings of
Sulayma-n al-Baru-n¿ - 93
FEDERICO CRESTI
7 The Caliphate Congresses and the Ottoman Sultans 120
NICOLA MELIS
8 "The Spiritual Authority of the Caliph": Unpacking British Policymaker's
Perceptions of Caliphal Authority and Its Implications for British Imperial
Goals 151
SEAN OLIVER-DEE
9 Debating the Future of the French Colonial Empire on the Eve of the
Ottoman Caliphate 168
FATIMA-EZZAHRAE TOUILILA
Index 181