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College Student, Aspiring Historian, Current Obsession = India's agricultural revolutions, Late Antique religion, and Soviet society

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The ghazi (holy warrior) ethos of the Turko-Byzantine frontier was one that transcended religious boundaries. Baba Illyas, the leader of a Turkmen frontier state, was revered by Jews, Christians, and Mongols. Upon his death, they mourned him, crying out, "Where is our sheikh?"

The ghazi (holy warrior) ethos of the Turko-Byzantine frontier was one that transcended religious boundaries. Baba Illyas, the leader of a Turkmen frontier state, was revered by Jews, Christians, and Mongols. Upon his death, they mourned him, crying out, "Where is our sheikh?"