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The author focuses on the significance of Islam and Turanian in the context of nation building in Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan. He theorizes that Islam and Turanian are used for constructing and imagining both national and transnational concepts of identity. The author discusses translocality, defining it as a milieu in which forms of social life and political articulation related to the construction of the nation state are created. He discusses a number of topics including Uzbek-Turkish translocality, trade in Central Asia, language and culture, and Islam in the region.