Sufism
Karamustafa, Ahmet T., 1956-
Sufism the formative period / [electronic resource] : Ahmet T. Karamustafa. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages). - The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys . - New Edinburgh Islamic surveys. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Sufis of Baghdad -- Mystics outside Baghdad -- The spread of Baghdad Sufism -- Specialised Sufi literature -- Formation of communities -- Sainthood triumphant.
This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufisms historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fus.
9780748628971 0748628975
22573/ctt1s1bs1h JSTOR
Sufism.
Sufism--History.
Sufism--Origin.
Sufism.
RELIGION--Islam--Sufi.
Islam.
Sufism.
Soefisme.
RELIGION / Islam / Sufi
Electronic books.
History.
BP188.5 / .K37 2007eb
297.409
Sufism the formative period / [electronic resource] : Ahmet T. Karamustafa. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages). - The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys . - New Edinburgh Islamic surveys. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Sufis of Baghdad -- Mystics outside Baghdad -- The spread of Baghdad Sufism -- Specialised Sufi literature -- Formation of communities -- Sainthood triumphant.
This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufisms historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fus.
9780748628971 0748628975
22573/ctt1s1bs1h JSTOR
Sufism.
Sufism--History.
Sufism--Origin.
Sufism.
RELIGION--Islam--Sufi.
Islam.
Sufism.
Soefisme.
RELIGION / Islam / Sufi
Electronic books.
History.
BP188.5 / .K37 2007eb
297.409
