Giunchi, Elisa. <br/><br/>
The Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate 1924 :  Debates and Implications. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - Oxford :  Taylor & Francis Group,  2024.  ©2025. 
 - 1 online resource (199 pages) 
 - Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series .
 - Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series .
<br/><br/> E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Tradition of the Ottoman Caliphate and Its End -- 2. The Pamphlet Battle of Deputy Hocas: The Caliphate Versus the Grand National Assembly -- 3. The Caliphate Debates in Turkey and Beyond: Dissensus and Politicization -- 4. The Caliphate and Absent Authority -- 5. The Abolition of the Caliphate, Secularization and Kurdish Nationalism -- 6. Pan-Islamism and Defence of the Ottoman Caliphate in Some Writings of Sulayman al-Barunı -- 7. The Caliphate Congresses and the Ottoman Sultans -- 8. "The Spiritual Authority of the Caliph": Unpacking British Policymaker's Perceptions of Caliphal Authority and Its Implications for British Imperial Goals -- 9. Debating the Future of the French Colonial Empire on the Eve of the Ottoman Caliphate -- Index. 
<br/><br/> This book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate. The Ottoman sultans had long borne the title of caliphs of Islam and even after the demise of the sultanate in 1922 the caliphate retained great symbolic relevance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781040102770 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Caliphate-History. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fernzugriff<br/>