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Sufi Heirs of the Prophet explores the multifaceted development of personal authority in Islamic societies by tracing the transformation of one mystical sufi lineage in colonial India, the Naqshbandiyya. Arthur F. Buehler isolates four sources of personal authority evident in the practices of the Naqshbandiyya—lineage, spiritual traveling, status as a Prophetic exemplar, and the transmission of religious knowledge—to demonstrate how Muslim religious ...
This book paints a vivid picture of life at the Mughal court, and its impact on religion, lifestyle, language and literature Under the Mughals, all forms of literature flourished, from poetry and popular Sufi verses to learned prose and historiography. Sixteenth and early 17th century literature in the Persian language is relatively well-known and the historical works of that period have long since been studied. However, there has been a tendency to overlook the ...