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Polemics in Medieval Sufi Biographies

The eleventh and twelfth centuries represent a critical formative period for institutions and practices that characterized later Islam. Sufism also emerged during the same period as a distinct mode of piety that gained widespread acceptance in the aftermath of Mongol invasions in the thirteenth century. Using early Sufi biographies produced in Khorasan during that period, this study will argue that the early Sufis were not only preoccupied with locating their own tradition within the Islamic orthodoxy but also defining the contours of what constituted acceptable Islam. The sources used are predominantly Persian Sufi biographies composed in Khorasan which form the main body of historiography of Sufism.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc12127
Date12 1900
CreatorsGhafoori, Ali
ContributorsStockdale, Nancy L., Stern, Laura, Velikanova, Olga V.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Ghafoori, Ali, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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