The Emergence and Development of Persianate Sufism: Khorasan, Ninth to Twelfth Centuries

Abstract This paper examines the emergence of Sufism and its differentiation from other religious trends in early Islamic Khorasan and Transoxania and traces the influence of Buddhism and Manichæism on the development of Sufism. The corresponding professionalization of the Sufi sheikhs in this forma...

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Main Author: Arjomand, Saïd Amir (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of Persianate studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-35
Further subjects:B Khorasan
B royal symbolism
B fotovvat
B Manichæism
B ʿAttār
B urban associations
B ʿayyār
B Sufism
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