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Sufism in an Age of Transition: Umar al-Suhrawardi and the Rise of the Islamic Mystical Brotherhoods Book

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Sufism in an Age of Transition: Umar al-Suhrawardi and the Rise of the Islamic Mystical Brotherhoods, Although the early thirteenth century was a critical period in the development of Sufism, it has received little scholarly attention. Based on heretofore unexplored sources, this book examines a pivotal figure from this period: the scholar, mystic, states, Sufism in an Age of Transition: Umar al-Suhrawardi and the Rise of the Islamic Mystical Brotherhoods has a rating of 3 stars
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  • Sufism in an Age of Transition: Umar al-Suhrawardi and the Rise of the Islamic Mystical Brotherhoods
  • Written by author Erik Ohlander
  • Published by Brill Academic Publishers, Inc., February 2008
  • Although the early thirteenth century was a critical period in the development of Sufism, it has received little scholarly attention. Based on heretofore unexplored sources, this book examines a pivotal figure from this period: the scholar, mystic, states
  • Based on heretofore unexplored sources, this book offers a comprehensive study of the life, work, thought and influence of the eponym of one of the earliest Sufi ṭarīqa lineages, Abū 'Umar al-Suhrawardī (d. 632/1234).
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List of Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
A Note on Transliteration and Dating     xiii
Abbreviations     xv
Introduction     1
Situating al-Suhrawardi in Time, Space, and Text     15
The Political Setting     16
The Institutional Setting     27
The Textual Setting     42
The Makings of a Sufi Master     57
The Banu 'Ammuya     66
Enter al-Nasir li-Din Allah     89
Meetings with Remarkable Men     113
Writing Authority     137
Genealogies of Mystical Knowing     140
The Interior Dimension     154
The Geography of the Mystical Path     165
Ma'rifa Disciplined and Institutionalized     187
The Exterior Dimension     190
Master and Disciple     198
Mendicants, Servants, and Lay Affiliates     226
Imperial and Other Projects     249
A Sufi Creed     257
A Sethian Genealogy     271
Polemic in Service of Statecraft?     291
Conclusion     305
Bibliography     321
Index of Persons and Places     339
Index of BookTitles     351
Index of Terms and Concepts     355


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