Manifestations of a Sufi woman in Central Asia : a critical edition of Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr's Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib / by Ḥāfiẓ Baṣīr ; edited with an introduction by Aziza Shanazarova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥāfiẓ Baṣīr, active 16th century, author.

Contributor:

Shanazarova, Aziza, editor.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Islamicate intellectual history ; 6.

Islamicate intellectual history, 2212-8662 ; 6

Standardized Title:

Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Āghā-yi Buzurg, -1522 or 1523.

Āghā-yi Buzurg.

Women sufis--Asia, Central--Biography.

Women sufis.

Women sufis--Khanate of Bukhara--Biography.

Muslim women saints--Asia, Central--Biography.

Muslim women saints.

Muslim women saints--Khanate of Bukhara--Biography.

Sufism--Asia, Central--History--16th century.

Sufism.

History.

Central Asia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2020.

Language Note:

Text in Persian; introduction and analysis in English.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

1. History of Composition

2. The Manuscript Copies of the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib

3. The Structure of the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib

4. The Three Fables in the Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib: 4.1. The Story of the Stone Doll (luʻbat-i sangīn) ; 4.2. The Story of Zirak-i Afkār ; 4.3. The Story of the Patience Stone (sang-i ṣabr)

5. Poetry in the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib as a Mirror into the Author's Worldview

6. Pseudo-ʻAṭṭār's Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib as a Model for Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr's Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib

7. The Question of Genre

8. Conclusion

Note

Index

Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Online version: Ḥāfiẓ Baṣīr, active 16th century, Manifestations of a Sufi woman in Central Asia

ISBN:

9789004441354

9004441352

Publisher Number:

40030241445

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