The popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325 / Nathan Hofer

Author:: Hofer, Nathan
Published:: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date:: ©2015
Physical Description:: viii, 304 pages ; 24 cm.

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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE State-sponsored Sufism: The Sufis of the Khanqah Sa'id al-Su'ada' -- 1.The Khanqah -- 2.The Sufis of the Khanqah -- 3.What is Popular about the Khanqah? -- pt. TWO State-sanctioned Sufism: The Nascent Shadhiliya -- 4.The Emergence of the Shadhiliya in Egypt -- 5.Al-Iskandari's Image of the Shadhili Tariqa -- 6.The Popularisation of Shadhili Sufism -- pt. THREE Unruly Sufism: The Sufis of Upper Egypt -- 7.The Regional Context of Upper-Egyptian Sufism -- 8.Sufi Activists and Enforcers -- 9.Wonder-working Sufis.

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History

ISBN:

9780748694211 (hardback)
0748694218 (hardback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-294) and index.

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