Author: J. Spencer Trimingham
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: islam, orders, sufi
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1998-07-16
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0195120582
ISBN-13: 9780195120585

Sufism, the name given to Islamic mysticism, has been the subject of many studies, but the orders through which the organizational aspect of the Sufi spirit was expressed has been neglected. The Sufi Orders in Islam is one of the earliest modern examinations of the historical development of Sufism and is considered a classic work in numerous sources of Islamic studies today. Here, author J. Spencer Trimingham offers a clear and detailed account of the formation and development of the Sufi schools and orders (tariqahs) from the second century of Islam until modern times. Trimingham focuses

Authors:H. J. Kissling, N. Barbour, J. S. Trimingham, H. Brau
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: muslim, world, empires, last
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $164.00
ISBN-10: 9004021043
ISBN-13: 9789004021044