The Naqshbandi order and revolts in Asia (Arslan's account)
الطريقة النقشبندية والثورات في آسيا
In the Pan-Islamic chapter Arslan says the Naqshbandi order spread east from Central Asia as far as China, where Muslims in Chinese Turkestan and Yunnan rose in major revolts, and that the Dutch East Indies had a sequence of revolts in the same period. He argues that these movements shared hostility to the West and a common aim but lacked organisation and coordination. He describes scattered uprisings and does not examine the causes of each. The judgement that they lacked organisation is his.
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Overview
In the chapter on the Islamic union, Shakib Arslan presents the spread of the Naqshbandi order from Central Asia eastward as far as China. 1
He mentions that the Muslims of Chinese Turkestan and Yunnan rose in great revolts in the nineteenth century, and that revolts in the Dutch East Indies broke out in the same period. 1
Arslan holds that they shared hostility to the West and lacked organisation and the linking of their parts. This is his own assessment, and the sequence of events needs a further source. 1
Sources
- Stoddard, Hadir al-ʿalam al-islami (Arabic translation with Arslan's commentary)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Naqshbandi order and revolts in Asia (Arslan's account)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/naqshbandi-revolts-arslan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.