TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shirin Anker
TI  - Cultural Change and Continuity in Central Asia
SN  - 0-7103-0351-3
PY  - 1991///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Kegan Paul International in association with the Central Asia Research Forum, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Ashgabat
KW  - Baha'i Faith
KW  - Caucasus
N1  - Includes Chapter: Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Community of Ashkhabad: Its Social Basis and Importance in Baha'i History, 278-305

In this chapter I will briefly survey the origin and history of the Baha'i community in Ashkhabad in Turkistan. An analysis will be presented of the social composition of this community. Finally an attempt will be made to assess the importance of the Ashkhabad Baha'i community in terms of the rest of the Baha'i world. The sources for this paper are mainly various Baha'i histories but other corroborating material is presented where available; Chapter 1|13 pages
Zaynab and Aman: Love and Women's Liberation in the 1930s, a Story Poem by Hamid Alimjan
ByDavid C. Montgomery
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Chapter 2|15 pages
Uighur Literature: The Antecedents
ByEden Naby
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Chapter 3|16 pages
A Late Piece of Nazira or A Symbol Making its Way through Early Uzbek Poetry
ByIngeborg Baldauf
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Chapter 4|26 pages
Religious Themes in the Novels of Chingiz Aitmatov
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Chapter 5|13 pages
Script Changes in Xinjiang
ByIldikó Bellér-Hann
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Chapter 6|40 pages
Census and Sociology: Evaluating the Language Situation in Soviet Central Asia
BySimon Crisp
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Chapter 7|36 pages
Russian Language Teaching Policy in Soviet Central Asia 1958–86
ByJ. M. Kirkwood
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Chapter 8|11 pages
Ritualism of Family Life in Soviet Central Asia: The Sunnat (Circumcision)
ByEwa A. Chylinski
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Chapter 9|10 pages
Professional Beliefs and Rituals among Craftsmen in Central Asia: Genetic and Functional Interpretation
ByZ. Jasiewicz
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Chapter 10|17 pages
Women and Power: A Perspective on Marriage among Durrani Pashtuns of Afghan Turkistan
ByNancy Tapper
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Chapter 11|20 pages
Golden Tent-Pegs: Settlement and Change among Nomads in Afghan Turkistan
ByRichard Tapper
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Chapter 12|19 pages
Ethnic Games in Xinjiang: Anthropological Approaches
ByC. M. Hann
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Chapter 13|21 pages
Continuity and Modernity in the Costume of the Muslims of Central Asia
ByJennifer M. Scarce
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Chapter 14|12 pages
Musical Change in Herat during the Twentieth Century
ByJohn Baily
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Chapter 15|8 pages
Tradition and Change in Central Asian Architecture Today
ByF. Ashrafi
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Chapter 16|28 pages
The Baha'i Community of Ashkhabad; its Social Basis and Importance in Baha'i History
ByM. Momen
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Chapter 17|38 pages
Islam in China: Western Studies
ByJacques Waardenburg
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Chapter 18|17 pages
Change and Tradition in Eighteenth-century Kazakhstan: The Dynastic Factor
ByAlan Bodger
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Chapter 19|12 pages
The Role of the Hui Muslims (Tungans) in Republican Sinkiang
ByAndrew D. W. Forbes
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