Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on transliteration and translation xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Of Ways and Traffic matriarchs of a prophetic patriliny 22
8. 1 Zainab’s Traffic: Spatial Lives of an Islamic Ritual across Southwest Asia 26
9. Parastoo’s Pathways and Observant Participation 40
10. 2 Crafting Patronage: Genealogy as Traffic across Generations 43
11. Banu’s Pathways and Familial (De)Attachments 76
12. 3 Arrested Mobilities and Fugitive Markets beneath a Fig Tree 79
13. Muhsin’s Pathways, or Mitigating Sanctions with Tobacco Seats 107
14. 4 Bordering Ziyarat: Kaçak Coordinates of Territory 110
15. Karam and Sahand’s Pathways, and a Khayyam Quatrain on Breath 141
16. Conclusion 144
17. Epilogue 151
18. Notes 153
19. References 167
20. Index 183