Anjuman-i Ukhuvvat

by Raei, Shahrokh

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Anjuman-i Ukhuvvat (Society of Brotherhood) was a mystical society rooted in Ṣūfism, originally a continuation of the Ṣafīʿalīshāhī branch of Niʿmatallāhiyya, an Iranian Shīʿī Ṣūfī order founded by the Syrian-born Persian mystic and author Shāh Niʿmatallāh Valī (d. 834/1431). The founder and first leader ( quṭb , lit., pole) of the Ṣafīʿalīshāhī lineage was Mīrzā Ḥasan Iṣfahānī, called Ṣafīʿalīshāh (d. 1899) (van den Bos, 92; Zarcone, 317). Ṣafīʿalīshāh’s personal characteristics and social act…

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Anjuman-i Ukhuvvat (Society of Brotherhood) was a mystical society rooted in Ṣūfism, originally a continuation of the Ṣafīʿalīshāhī branch of Niʿmatallāhiyya, an Iranian Shīʿī Ṣūfī order founded by the Syrian-born Persian mystic and author Shāh Niʿmatallāh Valī (d. 834/1431). The founder and first leader ( quṭb , lit., pole) of the Ṣafīʿalīshāhī lineage was Mīrzā Ḥasan Iṣfahānī, called Ṣafīʿalīshāh (d. 1899) (van den Bos, 92; Zarcone, 317). Ṣafīʿalīshāh’s personal characteristics and social activities assured him a large following that included many government officials and members of Tehran’s

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei950

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eng Islam

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Raei, Shahrokh

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