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Zusatztext "This is an excellent introduction" Informationen zum Autor Shahzad Bashir is Assistant Professor of Religion at Carleton College in Minnesota. His published works include Messianic Hope and Mystical Visions: The Nurbakhshiya between Medieval and Modern Islam. Klappentext Fazlallah Astarabadi was a 14th-century Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end. This book is the first comprehensive study of Astarabadi's life and thought and also offer a history of his movement. It emphasizes the diversity of medieval Islam by describing an apocalyptic movement founded on the idea that the cosmos contains embedded secrets that become manifest through extraordinary human beings. Zusammenfassung Captures the achievements of this Sufi thinker and founder of the Gnostic Hurufism Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 EARLY LIFE Birth and Childhood Religious Wandering Dreams in Khwarazm Sabzavar The Rise to Social Prominence 2 ENLIGHTENMENT Marriage Dream Interpretation in Tabriz Enlightenment Accepting the Mission Political Ambitions 3 DEATH Timur-i Lang Arrest Last Will and Testament Execution 4 COSMOS AND HUMANITY The Macrocosm The Microcosm Cosmic Time 5 APOCALYPSE, LANGUAGE, AND SALVATION Religious Linguistics The Science of Letters From Arabic to Persian Operations on Letters Letters and Physical Reality Abbreviations and New Characters The Wages of Apocalypticism 6 SHRINE AND SUCCESSORS The Shrine A Split Community The Second Coming Major Disciples Attack on Mirza Shahrukh (1427) Uprisings in Isfahan and Tabriz Attempt to Convert the Ottoman Mehmet the Conqueror Summary 7 LEGACY Iran India The Ottoman Empire Modern Interpretations Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book APPENDIX: Hurufi Literature Further Reading Index ...
