Karamustafa, Ahmet T.,  1956- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Sufis of Baghdad -- Mystics outside Baghdad -- The spread of Baghdad Sufism -- Specialised Sufi literature -- Formation of communities -- Sainthood triumphant. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780748628971 0748628975 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1s1bs1h  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sufism.<br/>Sufism--History.<br/>Sufism--Origin.<br/>Sufism.<br/>RELIGION--Islam--Sufi.<br/>Islam.<br/>Sufism.<br/>Soefisme.<br/>RELIGION / Islam / Sufi
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP188.5  / .K37 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.409