Title Mysticism in Iran : the Safavid roots of a modern concept / Ata Anzali.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Studies in Comparative Religion
	Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the question of ʻirfan in contemporary Iran -- ʻIrfan in the pre-Safavid period -- The Safavid opposition to sufism -- The sufi response -- The invention of ʻirfan -- The institutionalization of ʻirfan -- Modernization of ʻirfan -- Epilogue: ʻirfan as mysticism?
Summary	An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Mysticism -- Islam -- Iran -- History.
	Mysticism -- Islam.
	Iran.
	History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Anzali, Ata. Mysticism in Iran. University of South Carolina Press : Columbia, South Carolina, [2017] 9781611178074 (DLC) 2017003590
ISBN	9781611178081 (electronic book)
	1611178088 (electronic book)
	9781611178074 (hardcover)