Words of Power
Subtitle: ?urufi Teachings Between Shi'ism and Sufism in Medieval Islam According to His Jawidan-Nama-yi Kabir Astarabadi
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited; I.B. Tauris; I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies
Published: 2015
Language: eng; per
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781784531539
Subjects: Sufism; Shiites; Islamic sects
Description: "The Jawidan-nama-yi kabir ('Great Book of Eternity') was the magnum opus of Fadl Allah Astarabadi (d. 796/1394) and provided the basis of the Hurufi movement. Today it is one of the most important known texts belonging to the mystical and messianic current that became particularly active in Iran and Anatolia following the Mongol rule. It illuminates the contemporary reconfiguration of religious and political authority along messianic and charismatic lines that took place in the Islamic East, which arguably contributed to the rise and consolidation of the Ottoman, Safawid and Mughal dynasties. Words of Power is the first comprehensive study of Fadl Allah's seminal work. Orkhan Mir-Kasimov summarises Fadl Allah's biography, charts the history of the Hurufi movement, contextualises the Jawidan-nama within Islamic intellectual history, and considers its lasting impact in the Muslim world."--Bloomsbury publishing.