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

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 formative proc...

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Publicado en:Journal of Persianate Studies Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1 - 36
Autor principal: Arjomand, Saïd Amir
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers Jan2020
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        Sufism
        Buddhism
        Love of God
        Professionalization
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          Love of God
          Professionalization
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        ʿAttār
        ʿayyār
        fotovvat
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        royal symbolism
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