Kings and Dervishes: Sufi World Renunciation and the Symbolism of Kingship in the Persianate World

by Said Amir Arjomand

Sa d Amir Arjomand's Kings and Dervishes is a pioneering study of the emergence and development of Sufism during the formation of the Persianate world. Whereas Sufi doctrine was expressed in the New Persian language, its social organization was detached from the civic movement among the urban craftsmen and artisans known as the fotovva(t) and was politically shaped by multiple forces--first by the revival of Persian kingship, and then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520401689
• ISBN13: 9780520401686
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages