the Safavid roots of a modern concept Anzali, Ata creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History. scu 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource. An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm. Introduction: the question of ʻirfan in contemporary Iran -- ʻIrfan in the pre-Safavid period -- The Safavid opposition to sufism -- The sufi response -- The invention of ʻirfan -- The institutionalization of ʻirfan -- Modernization of ʻirfan -- Epilogue: ʻirfan as mysticism? Ata Anzali. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ir--- Mysticism Islam Iran History RELIGION Islam General RELIGION Islam Sufi Mysticism Islam Iran BP188.8.I7 A59 2017 297.40955 Anzali, Ata. University of South Carolina Press : Columbia, South Carolina, [2017] (DLC) 2017003590 9781611178081 1611178088 2017006548 22573/ctv6vsd0p JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1503903 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1503903 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1503903 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1503903 DLC 170209 20200709060538.0 ocn972200053 eng