Manifestations of a Sufi woman in Central Asia : : a critical edition of Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr's Maẓhar al-'ajā'ib / / by Aziza Shanazarova.

• VerfasserIn: Shanazarova, Aziza,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 pages) :; illustrations

"The Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib is the devotional work written to expound upon the teachings of Aghā-yi Buzurg, a female religious master active in the early 16th century in Bukhara. The work was produced in 16th century Central Asia, when the region underwent major socio-economic and religio-politic...

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. History of Composition
• 2. The Manuscript Copies of the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib
• 3. The Structure of the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib
• 4. The Three Fables in the Maẓhar al-ʻajāʼib: 4.1. The Story of the Stone Doll (luʻbat-i sangīn) ; 4.2. The Story of Zirak-i Afkār ; 4.3. The Story of the Patience Stone (sang-i ṣabr)
• 5. Poetry in the Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib as a Mirror into the Author's Worldview
• 6. Pseudo-ʻAṭṭār's Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib as a Model for Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr's Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib
• 7. The Question of Genre
• 8. Conclusion
• Note
• Index
• Maẓhar al-ʻAjāʼib.