Author: Tabandeh, Reza.
Title: The rise of the Ni'matullahi order. Shi'ite sufi masters against islamic fundamentalism in 19th-century Persia.
Description: [Leiden], Leiden University Press, [2021]. XII,[1],303 pp. Few ills (chiefly col.). Softc0ver. 8vo. [ISBN: 9789087283674]. - As new.This book investigates the revival of Ni'matull.h. Sufi order after the death of the last Indian Ni'matull.h. master, Ri.. 'Al. Sh.h (d. 1214/1799) in the Deccan. After the fall of Safavids, the revival movement of the Ni'matull.h. order began with the arrival in Persia of the enthusiastic Indian Sufi master, Ma'..m 'Al. Sh.h, during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Later, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Persian masters of the Ni'matull.h. Order were able to solidify the order's place in the mystical and theological milieu of Persia. Ma'..m 'Al. Sh.h and his disciples soon spread their mystical and ecstatic beliefs all over Persia. They succeeded in converting a large mass of Persians to Sufi teachings, despite the opposition and persecution they faced from Shi'ite clerics, who were politically and socially the most influential class in Persia. - - Publisher's retail price: € 66,--

Keywords: Asia Iran Theology Islam Soefism Azië Theologie Soefisme