Bukhara and the Muslims of Russia -- Copyrights -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Islamic Manuscripts -- One: Sources -- The Tarikh-i Barangawi -- The Work's Author -- Contents and Structure -- The Sources of the Tarikh-i Barangawi -- Two: The Religious and Social Foundations of Bukharan Prestige -- Sufi Tradition and Holy Cities in Central Asia -- Bukharan Communities in Imperial Russia: Official Privilege and Exalted Status -- Bukharan Fashion among Muslims in Russia -- Three: "Bulghar" Institutions in Bukhara -- "Bulghar" Saints and Legendary Scholars in Central Asia -- The Tatar and Bashkir Presence in Bukhara -- Resident "Bulghar" Scholars and Sufis in Central Asia -- Four: The Student Experience I -- The Journey There -- Arrival and Lodging -- Instructors -- Study Outside of Bukhara -- Students as Teachers -- Sufi Shaykhs and Their Murids -- Jalal ad-Din al-Khiyabani -- Ishan-i Pir 'Abd al-Karim ash-Shahrisabzi al-Balkhi -- Other Sufi Figures -- Curriculum -- Manuscripts and Literary Activity -- Five: The Student Experience II -- Daily Life and Finances -- Health -- Pilgrimage and Travel -- Language Issues and Relations with Bukharans -- "Bokharis" in Russia -- Six: The Decline of Bukharan Prestige in Russia -- The Economic and Political Eclipse of Central Asia -- Reformist Critics: Qursawi, Fayzkhanov, and Marjani -- Jadid Critiques of Bukhara -- Arab Critics of Bukhara and Tatar Reformists -- Bukharan Decline in Question -- From Islamic Reformism to Cultural Revolution -- Full Circle: Bukhara as a Rationalist Symbol in Soviet and Post-Soviet Islam -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.