Thursday, December 26, 2013
Based on a critical examination of Persian sources, the Sufis of Kashmir contains authentic biographical sketches of the contemplatives and spiritual masters who profoundly shaped Kashmiri society during the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sufism’s historical achievement in Kashmir lay in furnishing the sheet- anchor which would not simply hold the Kashmiri Muslim community fast to the shrines, but more importantly to the fundamentals of Islam. The remarkable unity of purpose and action displayed by the Sufis as embodiments of inner and social stability is not simply a spiritual, but more than that, a historical legacy bequeathed by them to Kashmir.
Mohammad Ishaq Khan is a historian, poet and columnist. Formerly Dean academic, Dean Social Sciences and Shaikhu’l- Alam Chair at Kashmir University, he was Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow at Oxford centre for Islamic Studies. Author of several widely read/reviewed books, his numerous scholarly papers related to Islam and society in Kashmir have been published in academic journals of international repute. Major edited anthologies of OUP and Manohar concerning Islam contain reprints of some of his seminal contributions.
Hailes as the ‘philosopher poet’ with ‘eclectic vision’ of Kashmir’s ‘glorious past’ and uncertain future I the prestigious literary journal of India (Indian Literature journal of India (Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi, May/June 2010, 257), his fresh collection of poems titled Demystifying Sufism and Freedom in Kashmir is likely to be published in the near future.
Book: Sufis of Kashmir
Author: Mohammad Ishaq Khan
ISBN: 978-81-8339-095-8
Language: English
Price: INR 1695/ USD $ 45.99 (Shipping/Courier Charges Extra)
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