LEADER 03678oam 2200517M 450 001 9910970259703321 005 20251117103511.0 010 $a1-351-67581-8 010 $a1-315-16500-7 010 $a1-351-67580-X 035 $a(CKB)3840000000337638 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5209814 035 $a(OCoLC)1027120537 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1027120537 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315165004 035 $a(BIP)63381971 035 $a(BIP)59718667 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000337638 100 $a20170828d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAwhad al-Din Kirmani and the controversy of the Sufi gaze /$fLloyd Ridgeon 205 $a1st. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (299 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Sufi series ;$v21 311 08$a1-138-05713-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part I: 1. Persianate Sufism in the 12th-13th centuries -- 2. The rise of Awh?ad al-Di?n Kirma?ni? -- 3. The fall of Awh?ad al-Di?n Kirma?ni? -- 4. Friends or foes? Ibn Jawzi's criticisms of shahid bazi assessed through Kirma?ni?'s Hagiography -- Conclusion -- Part II: Translation of Kirma?ni?'s Hagiography -- Notes to the Hagiography. 330 $aAwh?ad al-Di?n Kirma?ni? (d. 1238) was one of the greatest and most colourful Persian Sufis of the medieval period; he was celebrated in his own lifetime by a large number of like-minded followers and other Sufi masters. And yet his form of Sufism was the subject of much discussion within the Islamic world, as it elicited responses ranging from praise and commendation to reproach and contempt for his Sufi practices within a generation of his death. This book assesses the few comments written about Kirma?ni? by his contemporaries, and also provides a translation from his Persian hagiography, which was written in the generation after his death. The controversy centres on Kirma?ni?'s penchant for gazing at, and dancing with, beautiful young boys. This anonymous hagiography presents a series of anecdotes that portray Kirma?ni?'s "virtues". The book provides an investigation into Kirma?ni? the individual, but the story has significance that extends much further. The controversy of his form of Sufism occurred at a crucial time in the evolution of Sufi piety and theology. The research herein situates Kirma?ni? within this critical period, and assesses the various perspectives taken by his contemporaries and near contemporaries. Such views reveal much about the dynamics and developments of Sufism during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when the Sufi orders ( t?uru?q , s. t?ari?qa ) began to emerge, and which gave individual Sufis a much more structured and ordered method of engaging in piety, and of presenting the Sufi tradition to society at large. As the first attempt in a Western language to appreciate the significant contribution that Kirma?ni? made to the medieval Persian Sufi tradition, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Sufi Studies, as well as those interested in Middle Eastern History. 410 0$aRoutledge Sufi series ;$v21. 606 $aSufis$vBiography 606 $aSufism$xHistory 615 0$aSufis 615 0$aSufism$xHistory. 676 $a891/.5511 700 $aRidgeon$b Lloyd V. J.$0990773 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970259703321 996 $aAwhad al-Din Kirmani and the controversy of the Sufi gaze$94472127 997 $aUNINA