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Steinfels, Amina M.

Knowledge before action : Islamic learning and Sufi practice in the life of Sayyid Jalāl al-Dī n Bukhārī Makhdūm-i Jahāniyān / Amina M. Steinfels. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : map. - Studies in comparative religion . - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The education of a Sufi shaykh. Initiation into the Sufi path -- Pilgrimage and travel -- Teaching and practice. Book-learning and Islamic law -- Ritual and practice -- Money, non-Muslims, women, and saints -- Served by the inhabitants of the world. A public figure -- Legacy.

ISBN: 9781611171945 1611171946 9781283741279 128374127X

Source: 405377 MIL

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mak̲h̲dūm Jahāniyān Jahān̲ Gasht, Jalāluddīn, -1383.
Mak̲h̲dūm Jahāniyān Jahān̲ Gasht, Jalāluddīn, -1383
Mak̲h̲dūm Jahāniyān Jahān̲ Gasht, Jalāluddīn, -1383.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sufis--Biography.
Muslim scholars--Biography.
Sufism--History.
RELIGION--Islam--Sufi.
Muslim scholars
Sufis
Sufism
Sufismus

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Südasien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biography
History

LC Class. No.: BP80.M29 / S74 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 297.4092