TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knysh,Alexander D.
TI  - Islamic mysticism: a short history 
SN  - .
AV  - BP189 .K69 1999
U1  - 297.409 K67I 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Sufism
KW  - History
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Islam
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-333) and indexes; Machine generated contents note: Chapter I. The Beginnings-- The Name-- Assumptions and Goals-- The Archetypal Sufi: Al-H. asan al-Basrr-- The Accumulation of Ascetic and Mystical Lore-- 'Abd al-W\ah.id b. Zayd-- Variety of Devotional Styles: Ibrahtm Ibn Adham, -- Ibn al-Mubarak and Fudayl Ibn 'Iyad-- The Love Mysticism of Rabi'a al-'Adariyya-- The Formation of Mystical Language and Speculation: -- Shaqfq al-BalkhT-- Chapter II. Asceticism and Mysticism in NVestern -- Provinces: Syria and Egypt-- Abfu Sulayman al-Darani and His Circle-- Dhfi 'l-Nun al-Misr-- Chapter III. The Sufism of the Baghdad School-- The Rise of Mystical Psychology: al-Mulhasibi-- The Formation of the Baghdadi Tradition-- A Mysticism of Sobriety: al-Junayd al-Baghdadl-- The Tongue of Sufi Science: Abu Sa'Cd al-Kharraz-- The Blossom of Erotic Mysticism-- Chapter IV. The "Intoxicated" Mysticism of al-Bistami and -- al-Hallaj-- Chapter V. Ascetic and Mystical Movements in Basra -- and Khurasan . -- Ibn Karram and the Karramiyya-- The Path of Blame-- Why Sufism? Some Observations Regarding Sufism's -- Ascendancy During Islam's Golden Age-- Chapter VI. The Systematization of the Sufi Tradition-- Abu Nasr al-Sarraj and His "Kitab al-Luma"'-- Abu Talib al-M akki-- Sufism on the Eastern Fringe-- The Systematization of Khurasani Tradition: -- al-S ulam-- Abu Nu'aym's "Decoration of the Saints"-- Al-Qushayri's Sufi Manual-- Sufism Speaks Persian: al-Hujwiri's Kashf al-mahjub-- Sufism With a Hanbali Flavor: al-Ansarr al-Harawi--
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/99041321.html
ER  -