Sufi Women and Mystics - Models of Sanctity, Erudition, and Political Leadership

This book focuses on women's important contribution to Sufism by analysing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality.

List of contents

Introduction 1. F¿tima of Nish¿p¿r and Umm Ali al-Balkhi: Two Forerunner Sufi Women of the Ninth-Century Greater Khur¿s¿n 2. Aisha al-Mann¿biyya (d. 1267) Enthralled in Divine love: 'la sainte parfaitement ravie en Dieu' (majdh¿ba) 3. Aisha al-B¿'¿n¿yya: Living in the Love of God and Veneration to his Messenger, Muhammad 4. Jahan Ara Bengum: A Powerful Princess and a Sufi Devotee of the Mughal Empire 5. Nana Asma'u bint Usman dan Fodio (d. 1865): The Erudite Mystic and Poet of the Sokoto Caliphate Conclusion

About the author

Minlib Dallh is a Dominican friar and Visiting Assistant Professor at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA (USA). His research focuses on comparative mysticism, women mystics, and love-mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. His first book was entitled The Sufi and the Friar: A Mystical Encounter of Two Men of God in the Abode of Islam (2017).

Product details

• Authors: Minlib Dallh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032433080
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243308-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Sufi Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Middle East, Religion: general, mysticism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis