Islamic Mysticism in India

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Islamic Mysticism in India

Author: Nagendra Kumar Singh
Order No. 51106
ISBN: 8170247772
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: APH
Pub Year: 1996
Pages: 306
Language: English

The book is a descriptive analysis of Islamic Mysticism in India in three phases. First phase of this book throws light on the advent of Islamic mysticism in India, interaction between Hindu and Sufi mystic tradition, and development of classical mysticism in India by the Sufis. Second phase of this book gives an analysis of syncreticism and orthodoxy of Islamic Mystic tradition under the Mughal dynasty: secular and logical mystic order of Akbar, Dara Shikoh, and Shah Wali Allah. Third phase describes an interpretation of Islamic mysticism by Sir Sayyid Ahmad and Mohammad Iqbal in western perspective.