Sufism : The Formative Period (9780748619191)

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

Product details

• Format Paperback | 216 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 23mm | 337g
• Publication date 12 Apr 2007
• Publisher EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Publication City/Country Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0748619194
• ISBN13 9780748619191
• Bestsellers rank 994,678

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