empire and the pilgrimage to Mecca Kane, Eileen M. 1972- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History. nyu 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource 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. 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. Eileen Kane. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. In English. e-ur--- a-su--- Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Russia History Islam and state Russia History Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Saudi Arabia Mecca History RELIGION Islam General Islam and state Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Russia Saudi Arabia Mecca HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia BP187.3 .K266 2015 297.3/52 Kane, Eileen M., 1972- (DLC) 2015010887 (OCoLC)905600378 9781501701313 1501701312 22573/ctt20dh0zs JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1049463 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1049463 COO 150319 20200709060400.0 ocn930269990 eng