04845cam a2200733 i 4500 ocn930269990 OCoLC 20200709060400.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 150319s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng c COO eng rda pn COO N$T IDEBK YDXCP CDX EBLCP MERUC IDB LOA VLB COCUF K6U CCO PIFAG FVL OCLCQ DEGRU U3W ZCU BUF JSTOR 979625020 992826880 9781501701313 (electronic bk.) 1501701312 (electronic bk.) 9780801454233 0801454239 10.7591/9781501701313 doi 1049463 (N$T) (OCoLC)930269990 (OCoLC)979625020 (OCoLC)992826880 22573/ctt20dh0zs JSTOR pcc e-ur--- a-su--- BP187.3 .K266 2015 REL 037000 bisacsh HIS050000 bisacsh HIS032000 bisacsh REL037030 bisacsh 297.3/52 23 MAIN Kane, Eileen M., 1972- author. Russian hajj : empire and the pilgrimage to Mecca / Eileen Kane. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. Introduction : Russia as a crossroads of the global hajj -- Imperialism through Islamic networks -- Mapping the hajj, integrating Muslims -- Forging a Russian hajj route -- The hajj and religious politics after 1905 -- The hajj and socialist revolution -- Conclusion : Russian hajj in the twenty-first century. In the late nineteenth century, as a consequence of imperial conquest and a mobility revolution, Russia became a crossroads of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. The first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an opportunity. To support the hajj as a matter of state surveillance and control was controversial, given the preeminent position of the Orthodox Church. But nor could the hajj be ignored, or banned, due to Russia's policy of toleration of Islam. As a cross-border, migratory phenomenon, the hajj stoked officials' fears of infectious disease, Islamic revolt, and interethnic conflict, but Kane innovatively argues that it also generated new thinking within the government about the utility of the empire's Muslims and their global networks. Russian Hajj reveals for the first time Russia's sprawling international hajj infrastructure, complete with lodging houses, consulates, "Hejaz steamships," and direct rail service. In a story meticulously reconstructed from scattered fragments, ranging from archival documents and hajj memoirs to Turkic-language newspapers, Kane argues that Russia built its hajj infrastructure not simply to control and limit the pilgrimage, as previous scholars have argued, but to channel it to benefit the state and empire. Russian patronage of the hajj was also about capitalizing on human mobility to capture new revenues for the state and its transport companies and laying claim to Islamic networks to justify Russian expansion. In English. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Russia History. Islam and state Russia History. Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Saudi Arabia Mecca History. RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh Islam and state. fast (OCoLC)fst00979890 Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages. fast (OCoLC)fst01030970 Russia. fast (OCoLC)fst01207312 Saudi Arabia Mecca. fast (OCoLC)fst01204780 HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia bisacsh Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Kane, Eileen M., 1972- Russian hajj 9780801454233 (DLC) 2015010887 (OCoLC)905600378 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1049463 Coutts Information Services COUT 33281165 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL4189245 EBSCOhost EBSC 1049463 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis33281165 YBP Library Services YANK 12727155 De Gruyter DEGR 9781501701313 92 N$T 56354 56354