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Unity in Diversity
Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 105
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What are the mechanisms of change and adaptation in Islam, regarded as a living organism, and how do they work? How did these mechanisms preserve the integrity of Muslim civilization through the innumerable hazards, divisions and devastations of time? From the perspective of history and intellectual history, this book focuses on a significant, though still largely under studied, aspect of this immense issue, namely, the role of mystical and messianic ferment in the construction and re-construction of religious authority in Islam. Sixteen scholars address this topic with a variety of approaches, providing a fresh outlook on the trends underlying the evolution of Muslim societies and, in particular, the emergence and consolidation of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires.
Contributors include: Abbas Amanat, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Paul Ballanfat, Shahzad Bashir, Ilker Evrim BinbaÅ, Daniel De Smet, Devin DeWeese, Armin Eschraghi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Todd Lawson, Pierre Lory, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, A. Azfar Moin, William F. Tucker.
Contributors include: Abbas Amanat, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Paul Ballanfat, Shahzad Bashir, Ilker Evrim BinbaÅ, Daniel De Smet, Devin DeWeese, Armin Eschraghi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Todd Lawson, Pierre Lory, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, A. Azfar Moin, William F. Tucker.
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, Ph.D. (2007), Ãcole Pratique des Hautes Ãtudes (Paris, France), is a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. His publications include several articles and book chapters. His forthcoming monograph deals with the early ḤurÅ«fÄ« doctrine and its role in the intellectual and socio-political evolution of the post-Mongol Muslim East.
List of Contributors
Préface, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Introduction: Conflicting Synergy of Patterns of Religious Authority in Islam, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Part One - Languages, Concepts and Symbols
La transgression des normes du discours religieux : Remarques sur les shaá¹aḥÄt de AbÅ« Bakr al-ShiblÄ«, Pierre Lory
Religious Authority & Apocalypse: TafsÄ«r as Experience in an Early Work by the BÄb, Todd Lawson
La transmigration des âmes. Une notion problématique dans lâismaélisme dâépoque fatimide, Daniel De Smet
Promised One (mawÊ¿Å«d) or Imaginary One (mawhÅ«m)? Some Notes on Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« MahdÄ« Doctrine and its Discussion in Writings of BahÄʾ AllÄh, Armin Eschraghi
The Green Isle in ShÄ«Ê¿Ä«, Early ShaykhÄ«, and BÄbÄ«-BahÄʾī Topography, Omid Ghaemmaghami
Part Two - Post-Mongol Tendencies: Mysticism, Messianism and Universalism
The KÅ«fan GhulÄt and Millenarian (Mahdist) Movements in Mongol-Türkmen Iran, William F. Tucker
Intercessory Claims of ṢūfÄ« Communities during the 14th and 15th Centuries: âMessianicâ Legitimizing Strategies on the Spectrum of Normativity, Devin DeWeese
UmmÄ«s versus ImÄms in the ḤurÅ«fÄ« Prophetology: an Attempt at a SunnÄ«/ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Synthesis?, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
The Occult Challenge to Philosophy and Messianism in Early Timurid Iran: Ibn Turkaâs Lettrism as a New Metaphysics, Matthew Melvin-Koushki
Timurid Experimentation with Eschatological Absolutism: MÄ«rzÄ Iskandar, ShÄh NiÊ¿matullÄh WalÄ«, and Sayyid SharÄ«f JurjÄnÄ« in 815/1412, Ilker Evrim BinbaÅ
Part Three - From Mysticism and Messianism to Charismatic Kingship: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals
Lâidéologie dâÃtat concurrencée par son interprétation : les MelÄmÄ«-HamzevÄ« dans lâempire ottoman, Paul Ballanfat
Kaygusuz Abdal: A Medieval Turkish Saint and the Formation of Vernacular Islam in Anatolia, Ahmet T. Karamustafa
The World as a Hat: Symbolism and Materiality in Safavid Iran, Shahzad Bashir
Persian Nuqá¹awÄ«s and the Shaping of the Doctrine of âUniversal Conciliationâ (á¹£ulḥ-i kull) in Mughal India, Abbas Amanat
Messianism, Heresy and Historical Narrative in Mughal India, A. Azfar Moin
Index
Préface, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Introduction: Conflicting Synergy of Patterns of Religious Authority in Islam, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Part One - Languages, Concepts and Symbols
La transgression des normes du discours religieux : Remarques sur les shaá¹aḥÄt de AbÅ« Bakr al-ShiblÄ«, Pierre Lory
Religious Authority & Apocalypse: TafsÄ«r as Experience in an Early Work by the BÄb, Todd Lawson
La transmigration des âmes. Une notion problématique dans lâismaélisme dâépoque fatimide, Daniel De Smet
Promised One (mawÊ¿Å«d) or Imaginary One (mawhÅ«m)? Some Notes on Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« MahdÄ« Doctrine and its Discussion in Writings of BahÄʾ AllÄh, Armin Eschraghi
The Green Isle in ShÄ«Ê¿Ä«, Early ShaykhÄ«, and BÄbÄ«-BahÄʾī Topography, Omid Ghaemmaghami
Part Two - Post-Mongol Tendencies: Mysticism, Messianism and Universalism
The KÅ«fan GhulÄt and Millenarian (Mahdist) Movements in Mongol-Türkmen Iran, William F. Tucker
Intercessory Claims of ṢūfÄ« Communities during the 14th and 15th Centuries: âMessianicâ Legitimizing Strategies on the Spectrum of Normativity, Devin DeWeese
UmmÄ«s versus ImÄms in the ḤurÅ«fÄ« Prophetology: an Attempt at a SunnÄ«/ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Synthesis?, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
The Occult Challenge to Philosophy and Messianism in Early Timurid Iran: Ibn Turkaâs Lettrism as a New Metaphysics, Matthew Melvin-Koushki
Timurid Experimentation with Eschatological Absolutism: MÄ«rzÄ Iskandar, ShÄh NiÊ¿matullÄh WalÄ«, and Sayyid SharÄ«f JurjÄnÄ« in 815/1412, Ilker Evrim BinbaÅ
Part Three - From Mysticism and Messianism to Charismatic Kingship: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals
Lâidéologie dâÃtat concurrencée par son interprétation : les MelÄmÄ«-HamzevÄ« dans lâempire ottoman, Paul Ballanfat
Kaygusuz Abdal: A Medieval Turkish Saint and the Formation of Vernacular Islam in Anatolia, Ahmet T. Karamustafa
The World as a Hat: Symbolism and Materiality in Safavid Iran, Shahzad Bashir
Persian Nuqá¹awÄ«s and the Shaping of the Doctrine of âUniversal Conciliationâ (á¹£ulḥ-i kull) in Mughal India, Abbas Amanat
Messianism, Heresy and Historical Narrative in Mughal India, A. Azfar Moin
Index
All interested in the intellectual and socio-political history of Islam and, more particularly, in the role of the mystical and messianic currents in the construction and evolution of religious and political authority in Muslim societies.