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Sufi Warrior Saints: Stories of Sufi Jihad from Muslim Hagiography

Sufi Warrior Saints: Stories of Sufi Jihad from Muslim Hagiography

Neale, Harry S.

Hardcover

IslamArabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0755643372
ISBN13: 9780755643370
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 21 2022
Pages: 200
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book presents a thematic collection of hagiographical stories of Sufi saints, often referred to as friends of Gods. Despite the diverse wealth of Sufi works, much of the rich, global and centuries old literature of Sufi warrior-saints, has yet to be translated into English. Examining hagiographical depictions of Sufi mujahids, Neale corrects frequent misunderstandings of the term jihad in relation to Sufi thought and practice. Using Sufi hagiography, treatises, travel narratives and Muslim histories, each chapter comprises the lives of Sufi saints during significant historical events, from the Crusades to the Mongol Invasion and in regions ranging from Islamic Spain to North Africa and India. Using Persian and Arabic sources, this compendium of translated hagiographies gives us a sense of the range, themes and global dissemination of the Sufi literature on war and heroism.

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