TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anzali,Ata
TI  - Mysticism in Iran: the Safavid roots of a modern concept 
T2  - Studies in Comparative Religion
SN  - 9781611178081
AV  - BP188.8.I7 A59 2017
U1  - 297.40955 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Columbia, South Carolina
PB  - University of South Carolina Press
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Islam
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Sufi
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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?
N2  - An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm
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ER  -