Sufis in Medieval Baghdad

Agency and the Public Sphere in the Late Abbasid Caliphate

Atta Muhammad (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2025
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4762-0 (ISBN)

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This book examines the political and social activities of Sufis in Baghdad in the period 1000-1258. It argues that Sufis played an important role in creating a public sphere that existed between ordinary subjects and the government. Drawing on Arabic sources and secondary literature, it explores the role of Sufis and their institutions including their ribats or lodge houses, from the use of Sufis as political ambassadors to their role in redistributing charity to the poor. The book reveals the role of Sufism in structuring a wide range of social and political arrangements in this period. It also reveals the role of ordinary, non-elite actors who, by taking part in Sufi-affiliated religious or professional associations, were able take part in public life in late-Abbasid Baghdad.

Atta Muhammad is Lecturer at Talim-ul-Islam College, Pakistan. He holds PhD from the University of Leeds, UK.

Acknowledgements
Transliteration and Dates

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Concept of the Public Sphere in Medieval Islamic Societies
Chapter 2 Spaces for the Public Good in Medieval Islamic Societies
Chapter 3 Baghdad in the Late Abbasid Caliphate
Chapter 4 The Ribat: An Institution of the Public Sphere
Chapter 5 Sufis’ Relations with the Ruling Authorities and their Contribution to the Public Sphere

Conclusion

Appendix: Maps and tables
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.5.2025
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	0-7556-4762-9 / 0755647629
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-4762-0 / 9780755647620
Zustand	Neuware