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The Jadid Movement: Uzbekistan's Forgotten Modernists
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a wave of reformist intellectuals known as the Jadids swept across Central Asia, pushing for modern education, women's rights, and political autonomy. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Jadid movement in Uzbekistan—its roots in the Crimean Tatar Ismail Gasprinski, its spread through Bukhara and Tashkent, and the tragic fate of its leaders like Mahmud Khoja Behbudiy and Abdulla Avloniy. They discuss how the Jadids established 'usul-i jadid' schools, challenged the conservative ulama, and briefly seized power in the short-lived…
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