Synopsis This last volume of three is devoted to the examination and celebration of the artistic, literary and mystical culture and the intellectual life of 16th, 17th and the first half of 18th century Safavid Iran and Mughal India. The early part of this period marked the peak of Muslim political power. From the Back Cover This final voluime of 'The heritage of Sufism' celebrates the mystical culture and intellectual life of sixteenth - to eighteenth- century Iran and India, an age characterised by a flowering of Persianate culture and which marked the peak of Muslim political power in the region. In this meticulously researched and erudite collection of essays, twenty-four internationally renowned scholars explore the religious, political, philosophical, mystical, artistic,literary and historical dimensions of the period, embracing such topics as: * Western orientalism and Persian Sufi literature * Mystical diagrams, meditation practices and symbolism * Conflicts and polemics between Mullas and mystics *Illuminationism and the school of Ibn Arabi * Historiography and the political background of Sufi Institutions. The result is a comprehensive study that is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianite culture in Iran, Central Asia and India. Together with the first two volumes of this classic study- the first ever in any language to give an in-depth account of a millenium of the history of Sufism - this book will inform and fascinate students and all those interested in the place of mysticism in Islamic culture. About the Author Leonard Lewisohn is a Research Associate at the Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS, University of London, and is Outreach Coordinator at the Department of Academic Research at the Institute of Osmaili Studies, London, where he also teaches Persian. His specialist areas include Persian literature and poetry, Sufism, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. His previous books include Beyond Faith and Infidelity: the Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari.
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