Kashgar Revisited: Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring: Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring

Contributions to the volume provide new insights into ongoing research into Uyghur history, linguistics and culture, while building on the scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turcologist and diplomat. Contents 5 Preface 9 A Note on Transliteration and Spelling 12 List of Figures and Tables 10 Notes on Contributors 13 Introduction 19 In the Footsteps of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring 19 Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Birgit N. Schlyter, Jun Sugawara 19 Part 1 29 Language 29 Chapter 1 31 From the Private Library of Gunnar Jarring and His New Eastern Turki Dictionary 31 Birgit N. Schlyter 31 Chapter 2 52 Manuscript Technologies, Writing and Reading in Early 20th-century Kashgar 52 Arienne M. Dwyer 52 Chapter 3 76 From Eastern Turki to Modern Uyghur 76 A Lexicological Study of Prints from the Swedish Mission Press in Kashgar (1892–1938) 76 Äsäd Sulaiman 76 Chapter 4 98 The Khotan Varieties of Uyghur as Seen in Jarring’s Transcription 98 Abdurishid Yakup 98 Part 2 107 History 107 Chapter 5 109 The 1795 Khoqand Mission and Its Negotiations with the Qing 109 Political and Diplomatic Space of Qing Kashgaria 109 Takahiro Onuma 109 Chapter 6 134 Muslims at the Yamen Gate 134 Translating Justice in Late-Qing Xinjiang 134 Eric T. Schluessel 134 Chapter 7 157 Models and Realities 157 Aspects of Format in Real Estate Deeds under Conditions of Legal Pluralism in Xinjiang 157 Jun Sugawara 157 Chapter 8 179 Muslim Reformism in Xinjiang 179 Reading the Newspaper Yengī Ḥayāt (1934–1937) 179 Alexandre Papas 179 Chapter 9 202 Defining the Past and Shaping the Future 202 Reflections on Xinjiang Narratives, Uyghur-Han-Hui Relations, and the Perspectives of Research 202 Fredrik Fällman 202 Part 3 223 Religion 223 Chapter 10 225 Writing the Religious and Social History of Some Sufi Lodges in Kashgar in the 20th Century 225 Thierry Zarcone 225 Chapter 11 250 Ordam Mazar 250 A Meeting Place for Different Practices and Belief Systems in Culturally Diverse Xinjiang 250 Rahile Dawut 250 Chapter 12 274 Magic, Science, and Religion in Eastern Xinjiang 274 Chris Hann and Ildikó Bellér-Hann 274 Part 4 293 Kinship and Gender 293 Chapter 13 295 “Keep the wealth within the family” 295 Cousin Marriage and Swedish Uncles in Kashgar 295 Rune Steenberg 295 Chapter 14 320 “A man works on the land, a woman works for her man” 320 Building on Jarring’s Fascination with Eastern Turki Proverbs 320 Dilmurat Mahmut [Maihemuti Dilimulati] and Joanne Smith Finley 320 Index 349 Building on the rich scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turkologist and diplomat, the fourteen contributions by sixteen authors representing a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences provide an insight into ongoing research trends in Uyghur and Xinjiang Studies. In one way or other all the chapters explore how new research in the fields of history, linguistics, anthropology and folklore can contribute to our understanding of Xinjiang's past and present, simultaneously pointing to those social and knowledge practices that Uyghurs today can claim as part of their traditions in order to reproduce and perpetuate their cultural identity.Contributors include: Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Rahile Dawut, Arienne Dwyer, Fredrik Fällman, Chris Hann, Dilmurat Mahmut, Takahiro Onuma, Alexandre Papas, Eric Schluessel, Birgit Schlyter, Joanne Smith Finley, Rune Steenberg Jun Sugawara, Äsäd Sulaiman, Abdurishid Yakup, Thierry Zarcone. Building on the rich scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turkologist and diplomat, the fourteen contributions by sixteen authors representing a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences provide an insight into ongoing research trends in Uyghur and Xinjiang Studies. In one way or other all the chapters explore how new research in the fields of history, linguistics, anthropology and folklore can contribute to our understanding of Xinjiang's past and present, simultaneously pointing to those social and knowledge practices that Uyghurs today can claim as part of their traditions in order to reproduce and perpetuate their cultural identity. Contributors include: Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Rahile Dawut, Arienne Dwyer, Fredrik Fällman, Chris Hann, Dilmurat Mahmut, Takahiro Onuma, Alexandre Papas, Eric Schluessel, Birgit Schlyter, Joanne Smith Finley, Rune Steenberg Jun Sugawara, Äsäd Sulaiman, Abdurishid Yakup, Thierry Zarcone Building on the rich scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turcologist and diplomat, the fourteen contributions by sixteen authors representing a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences provide an insight into ongoing research trends in Uyghur and Xinjiang Studies. In one way or other all the chapters explore how new research in the fields of history, linguistics, anthropology and folklore can contribute to our understanding of Xinjiang's past and present, simultaneously pointing to those social and knowledge practices that Uyghurs today can claim as part of their traditions in order to reproduce and perpetuate their cultural identity