The A to Z of Sufism (The a to Z Guide)

✍ Scribed by John Renard

• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 415
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With more than 3,000 entries and cross-references on the history, main figures, institutions, theory, and literary works associated with Islam's mystical tradition, Sufism, this dictionary brings together in one volume, extensive historical information that helps put contemporary events into a historical context. Additional features include: _

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Editor’s Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments and Credits......Page 12
Reader’s Note......Page 16
Maps......Page 19
Chronology......Page 22
Introduction......Page 48
The Dictionary......Page 64
Glossary......Page 308
Bibliography......Page 326
About the Author......Page 398
photospread......Page 400