Short Back and Sides

Qalandars have often been depicted in negative terms in medieval and pre-modern literature by Sufis themselves, clerics and historians. Treatises composed by Qalandars are rare, thus the possibility of producing a balanced survey of their form of Sufism and contribution to the socio-political and re...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ridgeon, Lloyd (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: Journal of Sufi studies
Année: 2017, Volume: 6, Numéro: 1, Pages: 82-115
Sujets non-standardisés:B ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib Qalandar Safavid Iran Shāh Sulīmān Shīʿa Islam Sufism
Accès en ligne: Accès probablement gratuit
Volltext (Verlag)
Description
Résumé:Qalandars have often been depicted in negative terms in medieval and pre-modern literature by Sufis themselves, clerics and historians. Treatises composed by Qalandars are rare, thus the possibility of producing a balanced survey of their form of Sufism and contribution to the socio-political and religious climate of any given period is difficult. One such text, the “Sulīmān Qalandar Nāma”, however, completed in 1668, offers an intriguing perspective of Qalandars in late Safavid Iran. An analysis of this text, along with a focus on the dynamics of late Safavid religion and politics suggests that far from being antinomian and otherworldly Sufis, these Qalandars were supportive of the Shīʿa Safavid dynasty. The text offers an interesting marriage between traditional Qalandar themes and those inspired by Shīʿa Islam, and it testifies to the continuing importance of the Qalandars, providing evidence for the cultural continuity of this form of Sufism in the region.
ISSN:2210-5956
Contient:In: Journal of Sufi studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341296