TY  - BOOK
TI  - Sufism the formative period
SN  - 9780748619191
U1  - 297.4 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - England
PB  - Edinburg University Press
N1  - I The Sufis of Baghdad
Renunciants, the inward turn and the term sufi
Prominent Sufis of Baghdad
Major characteristics of the Sufis of Baghdad
Mystics outside Baghdad
Lower Iraq: Sahl aLTustari
Iran ahd Central Asia
The spread of Baghdad Sufism
Western Iran and Arabia
Khurasan and Transoxania
Mystics in aLAndalus?
Specialised Sufi literature
Sufism among traditionalists
Sufism in the bosom of fiqh and kalam
Formation of communities
The training master and Sufi lineages
The master as patron and the cult of saints
Sainthood triumphant
Social spread and political influence
Antinomians and nonconformists
ER  -