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.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2024

ISBN

9781040102770

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

Middle Eastern History

Index

History

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Tradition of the Ottoman Caliphate and Its End
2. The Pamphlet Battle of Deputy Hocas: The Caliphate Versus the Grand National Assembly
3. The Caliphate Debates in Turkey and Beyond: Dissensus and Politicization
4. The Caliphate and Absent Authority
5. The Abolition of the Caliphate, Secularization and Kurdish Nationalism
6. Pan-Islamism and Defence of the Ottoman Caliphate in Some Writings of Sulaymān Al-Barūnī
7. The Caliphate Congresses and the Ottoman Sultans
8. “The Spiritual Authority of the Caliph”: Unpacking British Policymaker’s Perceptions of Caliphal Authority and Its Implications for British Imperial Goals
9. Debating the Future of the French Colonial Empire on the Eve of the Ottoman Caliphate
Index