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The Andijan Uprising of 1898: Revolt of the Naqshbandi Sufis
In May 1898, a Naqshbandi Sufi sheikh named Muhammad Ali, known as Madali, led a small army of disciples in a surprise attack on a Russian garrison in the Ferghana Valley town of Andijan. The uprising lasted only hours but sent shockwaves through the Russian Empire’s Turkestan administration, exposing the fragility of colonial rule and the resilience of Islamic spiritual authority. Drawing on archival sources and local oral tradition, Lucas and Luna unpick the motivations of the rebel leader—a former soldier turned Sufi master—and the brutal reprisal that followed: five mass executions, the…
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