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This study will examine the written works of Ahmad ibn Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Khwājagī Kāsānī, known as "Makhdūm-i A`zam", who lived in what is now Uzbekistan, dying in 1542 CE. Although he considered himself a part of a Sūfī order called the Khwājagān, the modern name, the Naqshb…

As Sufism becomes more established in North America, observers note the difficulty in making sense of a tradition with such a beguiling diversity of form, ranging from Sufi orders characterized by their Islamic practice, to Sufi orders with little in the way of explicit Islamic …