The Popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325 / / Nathan Hofer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Hofer, Nathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; PART ONE State-sponsored Sufism: The Sufis of the Khānqāh Saʿīd al-Su ʿadāʾ --; 1 The Khānqāh --; 2 The Sufis of the Khānqāh --; 3 What is Popular about the Khānqāh? --; PART TWO State-sanctioned Sufism: The Nascent Shādhilīya --; 4 The Emergence of the Shādhilīya in Egypt --; 5 Al-Iskandarī's Image of the Shādhilī Tarīqa --; 6 The Popularisation of Shādhilī Sufism --; PART THREE Unruly Sufism: The Sufis of Upper Egypt --; 7 The Regional Context of Upper-Egyptian Sufism --; 8 Sufi Activists and Enforcers --; 9 Wonder-working Sufis --; Concluding Remarks --; Works Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748694228; 9783110780451
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748694228?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nathan Hofer.

A social, political and religious history of Sufism in Medieval EgyptAfter the fall of the Fatimid Empire in 1171 and the emergence of a new Sunni polity under the Ayyubids, Sufism came to extraordinary prominence in Egypt. The state founded and funded hospices to attract foreign Sufis to Egypt; local charismatic Sufi masters appeared throughout Upper and Lower Egypt; organised Sufi brotherhoods emerged in the urban centres of Cairo and Alexandria; and even Jews took up the doctrines and practices of the Sufis. By the middle of the Mamluk period in the 14th century, Sufism had become massively popular. How and why did this popularisation happen? This book is the first to address this issue directly, surveying the social formation and histories of several different Sufi collectivities from this period. Arguing that the popularisation of Sufism during this time was the direct result of deliberate and variegated Sufi programs of outreach, strategies of legitimation and performances of authority across Egypt, these programs, strategies and performances are situated within the social and political contexts of the institutionalisation of Sufism, audience participation, and Ayyubid and Mamluk state policies.Key FeaturesOffers a wide-ranging description of the variegated social landscape of Sufism in Ayyubid and early Mamluk EgyptPresents a new theoretical model to describe the institutionalisation and popularisation of SufismCase studies of three different groups of Sufis in medieval Egypt track this institutionalisation and popularisationA heuristic framework connects Sufism to larger social and political trends in medieval Egypt