The Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, 1924

Debates and Implications

Elisa Giunchi, Nicola Melis (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-61337-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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, with all the prestigious authority throughout the Muslim world that went with it, and in the aftermath of the First World War the caliphate still retained great symbolic relevance.The book considers the questions that arose with its abolition, including whether or not the caliphate should be revived, reformed or replaced by other forms of political affiliation and organization. It also assesses more general issues concerning identity and legitimate authority, and how to reconcile time-honoured religious institutions and concepts with modernity, the nation-state and affiliations of an ethnic and religious nature. The book additionally addresses the debates within the pan-Islamic congresses concerning the fate of the caliphate, and the implications of its abolition for Kurdish–Turkish relations and for the British and French Empires with their large Muslim populations.

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

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-nı - 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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	530 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-032-61337-8 / 1032613378
ISBN-13	978-1-032-61337-6 / 9781032613376
Zustand	Neuware