Record Nr.

UNINA9910459460603321

Autore

Curry John J., Professor

Titolo

The transformation of Muslim mystical thought in the Ottoman Empire : the rise of the Halveti order, 1350-1650 / / John J. Curry [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-7486-5322-8

1-282-94180-1

9786612941801

0-7486-4371-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

297.48

Soggetti

Khalwatīyah

Sufism

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction-On the Study of Ottoman Mystical Traditions -- Part I. The Rise and Spread of the Halveti Order from its Origins through the Twelfth/Eighteenth Century -- Introduction. 1. Early Sufism and the origins of the Halvetî path (ca. 900-1400) -- 2. The Great Expansion: From Regional Organization to Far-Flung Network (ca. 1400-1600) -- Part II. The Evolution of a Halvetî Sub-Branch: The Life and Career of Saaban- Veli and his Followers in the Kastamonu Region -- Introduction -- 3. Echoes of a distant past: Saban- Veli's early life and conversion to Sufism -- 4. Genesis of a sub-branch: Saban- Veli's struggles in Kastamonu -- 5. An uneven legacy: the succession to Saban- Veli to the end of the tenth/sixteenth century -- Part III. Defending the Cult of Saints in Eleventh/Seventeenth-Century Kastamonu: Transforming the Sa'baniyye Order under 'Omer el-Fu'adi -- Introduction -- 6. 'Omer el-Fu'adi as Sufi aspirant and haigographer: the road to Sa'baniyye succession -- 7. Inscribing the Sa'baniyye order onto Kastamonu's landscape -- 8. The political and doctrinal legacy of 'Omer el-Fu'adi -- Conclusion What can the

Sa'baniyye Teach Us About Transitions in the Early Modern Period of World History?

Sommario/riassunto

Based on careful study of the substantial and largely unpublished manuscript legacy left by the Halvetî mystical order, one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Ottoman Empire, this is a history of the rise and spread of its Sa'baniyye branch between the 15th and 17th centuries.