The Sufi orders in Islam / J. Spencer Trimingham ; with a new foreword by John O. Voll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trimingham, J. Spencer. (John Spencer), 1904- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 333 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text offers a detailed account of the formation and development of the Sufi schools and orders (tariqahs) from the second century of Islam up until modern times.

Contents:

I. The Formation of Schools of Mysticism

II. The Chief Tarīqa Lines

III. The Formation of Tā'ifas

IV. Nineteenth-Century Revival Movements

V. The Mysticism and Theosophy of the Orders

VI. The Organization of the Orders

VII. Ritual and Ceremonial

VIII. Role of the Orders in the Life of Islamic Society

IX. The Orders in the Contemporary Islamic World - Appendices: A. Relating to Early Silsilas ; B. Ṣūfīs, Malāmatīs, and Qalandarīs ; C. Suhrawardī Silsilas ; D. Qādirī Groups ; E. Independent Orders of the Badawiyya and Burhāniyya ; F. Shādhilī Groups in the Maghrib deriving from al-Jazūlī ; G. Madyanī and Shādhilī Groups in Egypt and Syria ; H. Rifā'ī Tā'ifas in the Arab World.

F. Shādhilī Groups in the Maghrib deriving from al-JazulīG. Madyanī and Shādhilā Groups in Egypt and Syria; H. Rifā'ī Tā'ifas in the Arab World; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES; Glossary of Arabic Terms; General Index

Notes:

Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1971.

Bibliography: p282-299. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774133-9

1-280-52988-1

0-19-802823-7

1-4294-0454-X

OCLC:

476015302