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SUMMARY:Connecting Ottoman Hijaz and British India: intellectual networks 
 and legacy of Imdadullah Makki (d. 1899 AD) - Dr Moin Nizami\, University 
 of Oxford
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CONTACT:Barbara Roe
DESCRIPTION:By focussing on a nineteenth century Sufi\, Imdadullah Makki\,
  this paper studies the complex scholarship networks and exchanges that to
 ok place between the Hijaz and British India. The early years of Haji Imda
 dullah were spent in the qasbahs (townships) of Upper-Doab until the Upris
 ing of 1857 forced him to migrate to Mecca\, where he spent the rest of hi
 s life. From Hijaz\, he continued to guide his dispersed disciple communit
 y and remained aware of the events in British India. Despite his absence f
 rom the subcontinent\, he was able to exert a lasting influence on north I
 ndian scholars and Sufi masters. This paper explains how Imdadullah contin
 ued to exercise his religious authority from a distance\, what his presenc
 e in Mecca meant for his Indian disciples\, and how his legacy came to be 
 contested by people belonging to different schools of thought.
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambri
 dge CB3 9DT
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