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Female Mystics in Mediaeval Islam: The Quiet Legacy

Author: Arezou Azad
Publisher: Brill Publishers
Category:

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Surveys, Numbers, Profiles
• Visibility, Image, and Agency of Women
• The Argument of “misogyny”
• The Sources on Umm ʿAlī of Balkh
• Umm ʿAlī’s Path to Scholarship
• Study and Credentials
• Marriage and Home
• Social Class and Family Relations
• Umm ʿAlī’s Actions and Attributes
• Social Etiquette in Religious Society
• Living out the Sufi Experience
• Advanced Learning and Exchange with Sufi Masters
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Appendix
• Notes