The Naqshbandiyya: orthodoxy and activism in a worldwide Sufi tradition

The core and contours of a Sufi brotherhood -- Local beginnings in the oases of inner Asia (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries) -- Consolidation and expansion -- Shariʻa and renewal in the great empires (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries) -- Inner rivalries and cooperation -- Scholarship and organiza...

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Main Author: Ṿaisman, Yitsḥaḳ 1961- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2007
In: Routledge Sufi series ([Neue Serie], 8)
Year: 2007
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Routledge Sufi series [Neue Serie], 8
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Naqšbandīya / History 1300-2007
Further subjects:B Naqshabandīyah History
B Sufism History
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Summary:The core and contours of a Sufi brotherhood -- Local beginnings in the oases of inner Asia (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries) -- Consolidation and expansion -- Shariʻa and renewal in the great empires (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries) -- Inner rivalries and cooperation -- Scholarship and organization into the modern world (nineteenth century to the present) -- The persistence of older traditions -- Modern transformations on the path (seventeenth to twentieth centuries) -- The contemporary situation
ISBN:041532243X