In Bukhara and the Muslims of Russia Allen Frank examines the relationship between Muslims in Russia and the city of Bukhara, examining paradoxes emerging the city's Sufism-based Islamic prestige, and the emergence of Islamic reformism in Russia.

Allen J. Frank, Ph.D. (1994), Indiana University, has published widely on the history of Muslim communities in Imperial Russia. His publications include Muslim Religious Institutions in Imperial Russia: the Islamic World of Novouzensk District and the Kazakh Inner Horde, (Brill, 2001).