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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Valdinoci, Mauro

Titel

Matthijs van den Bos. Elements of Neo-Traditional Sufism in Iran

Ist Teil von

• Abstracta iranica, 2013-12 (Volume 32-33)

Ort / Verlag

CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens)

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This essay on major developments in Iranian Shiah Sufism in the 20th century discusses the relations between Shiah Sufis and the state, and assesses the impact of sociopolitical changes on the organization of the Sufi orders. Focusing on two particular branches of the Ni‘matullāhiyya, namely the Ṣafī‘alīšāhī and Sulṭān‘alīšāhī orders, the author explores Sufi involvement in society and politics throughout the 20th century – in shaping the modern nation-state, from the Constitutional Revolutio...