Sufi women of South Asia : veiled friends of God / by Tahera Aftab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aftab, Tahera, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 20.

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women sufis--South Asia--Biography.

Women sufis.

Sufis--South Asia--Biography.

Sufis.

Muslim women--South Asia--Biography.

Muslim women.

Women in Islam--South Asia.

Women in Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 595 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Sufis, Sufism, and Transformations: 1. Setting the Scene

2. The Sufi Texts: From Imagination to the Inscribed Word

3. The Sufi Gaze: Perception of Women by Male Sufis

4. The Sufi Gaze: Sufi Perception of Family

5. The Sufi Gaze: Interaction with Maidservants and Women of Ill Repute

6. Women's Presence in Sufi Silsilas

7. Sufi Lodges: Fencing the Sacred and the Profane

8. Sufi Shrines: Manifesting the Deceased Sufi

Part II. Biographies of Sufi Women: 9. Biographical Notices of Sufi Women by Time Period

10. Biographical Notices of Sufi Women according to Their Specific Status

11. Biographical Notices of Women Sufis Based on Oral Traditions Collected by Visiting Their Shrines

12. Sufi Women Identified by Name Only

Conclusions

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Aftab, Tahera. Sufi women of South Asia

ISBN:

9789004467187

9004467181

Publisher Number:

99990985487

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.