The Madness of the Majẕūbs: Three Sufi Hagiographies in Sixteenth-Century Mughal India
This article explores the phenomenon of madness in sixteenth-century north India among Sufi saints called majẕūbs. By focusing on three Indo-Persian Sufi hagiographies (taẕkirāt)—ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Dihlawī’s Akhbār al-Akhyār (1591), ʿAbd al-S̱amad Akbarābādī’s Akhbār al-Aṣfiyā (1608), and Ghaus̱ī Shaṭṭārī...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2022, Volume: 65, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 27-73 |
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Ecstasy
B majẕūbs B Sufism B Madness B Mughal India |
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