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Īshān

"Ishan" redirects here. For other uses, see Ishan (disambiguation).

Īshān (from Persian ایشان 'they';[1] Chagatay: ایشان; Kazakh: ишан; Kyrgyz: эшен; Tajik: эшон; Tatar: ишан; Turkmen: işan; Uyghur: ئىشان; Uzbek: eshon; Chinese: 依禪; pinyin: yīchán) is an honorific title given to Sufi leaders in Central Asia. According to Jianping Wang, "In the Sufi doctrine found in E[ast] Turkestan, the ishan has a serene nature, acting as an intermediary between Muslims and Allah. An ishan has supreme leadership over his group, and can nominate his khalifa and hafiz as well as initiating maulid and buwi into the suborder. Usually, an ishan will have inherited his position from within his family and pass it on to his descendants."[2]

List of īshāns

See also

References

  1. ^ Yijiu JIN, ed. (2017). Islam. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9789047428008.
  2. ^ Jiangping Wang (2012). Glossary of Chinese Islamic Terms. p. 126. ISBN 9781136106583.
  3. ^ Aliya de Tiesenhausen (2022). The Social Role of Art and Culture in Central Asia.
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