STUDIES ON ETHNIC GROUPS IN CHINA
is supported in part by a grant
from the Henry Luce Foundation to the
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
of the University of Washington.

The publication of Familiar Strangers:
A History of Muslims in Northwest China
is supported in part by a grant
from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

Copyright © 1997 by the University of Washington Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lipman, Jonathan Neaman.

Familiar strangers : a history of Muslims in Northwest China /

Jonathan N. Lipman.

p.     cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–295–97644–6 (alk. paper)

1. Muslims—China. 2. Islam—China—History. I. Title. II. Series

DS731.M87L56              1997                                  97–10814

951′.00882971—dc21                                                   CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984.    ∞