Sufi Women of South Asia : Veiled Friends of God /

Sufi Women of South Asia : Veiled Friends of God /

In Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God , the first biographical compendium of hundred and forty-one women, from the eleventh to the twentieth century, Tahera Aftab fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding the historical presence of women in Islam and brings women to the...

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Main Author: Aftab, Tahera (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World ; 20.

Subjects:

Civilization, Modern.
History.
Medieval History.

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Call Number: DS31-35.2

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliterations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Glossary of Selected Sufi Terms
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE
  • Section A: Setting the Scene
  • Section B: The Sufi Texts: From Imagination to the Inscribed Word
  • Section C: The Sufi Gaze: Perception of Women by the Male Sufis
  • Section D: The Sufi Gaze: The Sufi Perception of Family and Familial Responsibilities
  • Section E: The Sufi Gaze: Interaction with Maid Servants and Women of Ill-repute
  • Section F: Women's Presence in The Sufi Silsilas
  • Section G: The Sufi Lodges: Fencing the Sacred and The Profane
  • Section H: Sufi Shrines: Manifesting the Deceased Sufi
  • PART TWO
  • Section A. Narratives of Sufi Women According to the Time Period
  • Section B: Biographical Notices of Sufi Women According to Their Specific Status
  • Section C Biographical Notices of Women Sufis Based on Oral Traditions Collected by Visiting their Shrines
  • Section D: Sufi Women Identified by Names Only
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.