Muridismn.
/mʊəˈriːdɪz(ə)m/, /ˈm(j)ʊərɪdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /mʊˈriˌdɪz(ə)m/ Now historical.
An Islamic revival movement active in the Caucasus throughout the 19th cent., which advocated the rising of Muslims against their religious and political Russian opponents.The movement first evolved in central Asia in the 14th cent. and was revived at the end of the 18th cent. by Ismail Effendi of Shirvan.
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Muridism1866
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 656/2 He was one of the zealous disciples of Kasi-Mollah, the great apostle of Muridism.
1875 C. Heneage tr. M. von Thielmann Journey Caucasus I. iv. 261 This movement, designated Muridism from the name Murid..borne by the initiated, constitutes one of the greatest events in the modern history of Islamism.
1895 Macmillan's Mag. July 217/1 It was called Muridism, and was mainly if not avowedly borrowed from Sufism; it was held to be a strictly orthodox form of the Mahommedan religion.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 111/2 The doctrine of Muridism united the Mohamedan sects in a common crusade against the Russians.
1973 G. M. D. Howat & A. J. P. Taylor Dict. World Hist. 1034/2 Muridism, Muslim mystical..movement originating in Shirvan in the 18th cent... The movement reached its peak under the third imam..and manifested strong egalitarian tendencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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