The Biographical Tradition In Sufism: The Tabaqat Genre From Al-Sulami To Jami (Routledge Studies In Asian Religion)

This book is the first in-depth study of the major works of Sufi historiography belonging to the tabaqat genre, one of the most productive genres of the Islamic literary tradition. It highlights the characteristics and conventions of the genre at each level of structure, and also demonstrates their functions and the concept of history which they express. Mojaddedi grounds his argument in the analysis of representative passages from Arabic and Persian sources, nearly all of which are translated here for the first time.--Back cover.

• | Author: Jawid A. Mojaddedi
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 244 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138869880
• | ISBN-13: 9781138869882