Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia : conversion, apostasy, and literacy /
Agnes Nilufer Kefeli.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Apostasy, conversion, and literacy at work -- Popular knowledge of Islam on the Volga frontier -- Tailors, Sufis, and Abistays: agents of change -- Christian martyrdom in Bolghar land -- Desacralization of Islamic knowledge and national martyrdom.