{"product_id":"russian-subject-muslim-monarch-sovereignty-and-scribal-culture-in-colonial-bukhara-hardcover","title":"Russian Subject, Muslim Monarch: Sovereignty and Scribal Culture in Colonial Bukhara - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussian Subject, Muslim Monarch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e focuses on how, within the emirate of Bukhara, sovereignty was shaped as much by paperwork and quotidian entanglements as by conquest and diplomacy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy uncovering the paper trail generated by the complex correspondence between Bukhara and Russia, James Pickett reveals figures and voices often missing from other sources. Unlike sanitized court chronicles, the Bukharan chancery records preserve experiences of women navigating patriarchal legal systems, religious minorities seeking state protection, and ordinary subjects petitioning for justice. Pickett provides an unprecedented window into semicolonialism's lived experience, even as many informal systems remained operative during revolution and civil war, after the Russian Empire had ceased to exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emirate of Bukhara represented the apogee of Perso-Islamic society and government at its twilight and as an edge case of colonialism, equally revealing of both phenomena. Bukhara distinguished itself within the Russian Empire through steadfast loyalty, fitting seamlessly into imperial structures bearing many parallels to those already embedded in Central Asia. \u003ci\u003eRussian Subject, Muslim Monarch\u003c\/i\u003e makes this unique paper trail speak to larger questions about the nature of power and the modern state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Pickett is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. His research examines empire and Islam as entangled sources of authority, focusing on historical memory and state formation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolymaths of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56435375309105,"sku":"9781501788918","price":125.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/Yn3DzS6bfL9781501788918.webp?v=1790167970","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/russian-subject-muslim-monarch-sovereignty-and-scribal-culture-in-colonial-bukhara-hardcover","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}