Mystical Islam
| Author | : Julian Baldick |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780814711392 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0814711391 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mystical Islam by : Julian Baldick
Download or read book Mystical Islam written by Julian Baldick and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Covers the origins of Sufism and early influences, particularly from Christianity; the rise of the great Sufi organizations; the thought of Sufism's main theorist and systemizer, Ibn Arabi; Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes; relations with Shi'ism in Iran; Sufism in the heyday of the great empires in Iran, India, and Turkey; and relations with Turkey and Egypt during the nineteenth century as well as Sufi practices in the twentieth century."--Page 4 of cover.
