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Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh

 
Arthur F. Buehler (Author) Annemarie Schimmel (Foroward)
Synopsis

Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyya—lineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledge—to demonstrate how Muslim religious leaders have exercised charismatic leadership through their association with the most compelling of personal Islamic symbols, the Prophet Muhammad. Buehler clarifies the institutional structure of sufism, analyzes overlapping configurations of personal sufi authority, and details how and why revivalist Indian Naqshbandis abandoned spiritual practices that had sustained their predecessors for more than five centuries. He looks specifically at the role of Jama’at ‘Ali Shah (d. 1951) to explain current Naqshbandi practices.

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About the author

Annemarie Schimmel

ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL is professor of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University. Her many books include 'Mystical Dimensions of Islam', 'Islam in the Indian Subcontinent', 'Gabriel’s Wing: A Study into the Religious Ideas of Sir Muhammad Iqbal', and 'Calligraphy and Islamic Culture'.

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Bibliographic information

Title Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh
Format Hardcover
Date published: 11.03.2015
Edition Reprint.
Language: English
isbn 9788121512831
length xxvii, 312p., Illustrations; Maps; 24cm.