Shami-Damulla

{{Short description|Muslim scholar in Soviet Central Asia (d. 1932)}}

'''Shami-Damulla''' (died 1932) ({{langx|ru|Шами-дамулла}}) was a nickname for '''Sa‘id ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn ‘Ali al-‘Asali al-Tarablusi al-Shami al-Dimashqi''', an important figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia. Among his followers was Ziyauddin Babakhan, the second mufti of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

Before settling in Central Asia in 1919, Shami-Domulla travelled to Iran, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Originally from Cairo, he was an Al-Azhar educated scholar. Shami-Domulla seems to have been influenced by the movement during the 15-20 years that he lived in Xinjiang; the Salafist movement was particularly influential in Xinjiang where it was a counter to Sufism.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.scribd.com/book/351486485/Secret-Practices-of-the-Sufi-Freemasons-The-Islamic-Teachings-at-the-Heart-of-Alchemy|title=Read Secret Practices of the Sufi Freemasons Online by Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorff {{!}} Books|language=en}}</ref> He moved to Tashkent in 1919 with the support of the Russian consul in Kashgar.<ref name=olcott04>{{Cite book| publisher = Brookings Institution Press| isbn = 978-0-87003-301-8| last = Olcott| first = Martha Brill| title = In the Whirlwind of Jihad| chapter=4. Religious Leaders of the Soviet Era |date = 2012-07-12}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * Muminov, Ashirbek, "[http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no14_ses/09_muminov.pdf Fundamentalist Challenges to Local Islamic Traditions in Soviet and Post‐Soviet Central Asia]" in Uyama, Tomohiko (ed.), ''Empire, Islam, and Politics in Central Eurasia''. Slavic Eurasian studies, no. 14. Sapporo: Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 2007.

Category:1932 deaths Category:Islam in the Soviet Union Category:Year of birth missing Category:Al-Azhar University alumni Category:Egyptian Salafis Category:Islam in Uzbekistan