The Formation of the Sudanese Mahdist State
：Ceremony and Symbols of Authority: 1882-1898
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Publication subTitle ：Ceremony and Symbols of Authority: 1882-1898
Publication series ：1
Publisher： Brill
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9789004191075
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004185999
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789004185999
Subject： K412.4 Egypt and Britain during the reign of al - Sudan (English) (1820 ~ 1956)
Keyword： 宗教
Language： ENG
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Description
This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state.
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