Sufism : The Formative Period Paperback / softback
by Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Part of the The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys series
Paperback / softback
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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 Sufism's 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 fusion with indigenous mystical movements elsewhere, most notably the Malr cultural context
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:12/04/2007
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- ISBN:9780748619191
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:12/04/2007
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- ISBN:9780748619191
