The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 3): Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750) - Softcover

Lewisohn, Leonard; Morgan, David

 
9781851681938: The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 3): Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750)

Synopsis

This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and India

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About the Author

Leonard Lewisohn was a highly regarded scholar of Persian and Sufi literature. He taught at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter; the Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS, University of London; and was a Research Associate and Outreach Coordinator at the Department of Academic Research at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where he also taught Persian. Among many others works, he authored Beyond Faith and Infidelity: The Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari and edited the three volumes on The Heritage of Sufism published by Oneworld. 

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