Lloyd Ridgeon is reader in Islamic Studies at Glasgow University. His main research interests include Persianate Sufism and also Iranian history and modern Iranian culture. He has published extensively on areas including jav¿nmard¿, and he is currently writing a book on how the ¿ij¿b has been understood by modern Iranian seminarians.

Transliteration Preface PART I: THE EARLY PERIOD 1. The Origins of Sufism Lloyd Ridgeon 2. al-¿¿rith al-Mu¿¿sib¿ and Spiritual Purification between Asceticism and Mysticism Gavin Picken 3. al-Junayd al-Baghd¿d¿: Chief of the Sect Erik S. Ohlander 4. Ab¿ Yaz¿d al-Bis¿¿m¿ and Discussions about Intoxicated Sufism Annabel Keeler 5. Al-Ghaz¿l¿: In Praise of SufismCarole Hillenbrand 6. 'Ayn al-Qu¿¿t's

Qur'¿nic Vision: From Black Words to White Parchment Mohammed Rustom 7. Ibn 'Arab¿ and the Akbar¿ TraditionJawad Qureshi 8. Jal¿l al-D¿n R¿m¿ and his Place in the History of Sufism Ibrahim Gamard 9.Opposition to Sufis in the Formative Period Harith Ramli 10. Narrativizing Early Mystic and Sufi Women Sara Abdel-Latif 11. Sufism and Travelling Arin Salamah-Qudsi 12. Sufism and Qur'¿nic Ethics Atif Khalil 13. Love and Beauty in Sufism Joseph Lumbard 14. Sufism in Classical Persian Poetry Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab PART II: THE MIDDLE PERIOD 15. Sufi Orders in the Medieval Period Lloyd Ridgeon 16. The Bektäiyya Riza Yildirim 17. The Chishtiyya Scott Kugle 18. The QalandariyyaKatherine Pratt Ewing and Ilona Gerbakher 19. The Sh¿dhiliyya Lahouari Ramzi Taleb 20. Sufism, Tombs and Convents Thierry Zarcone 21. Clothing and Investiture in Medieval Sufism Eyad Abuali 22. Sufism and Christian Mysticism Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 23. The Jewish-Sufi Encounter in the Middle Ages Elisha Russ-Fishbane 24. Sufism and the Hindu dharma Thomas Därnhardt 25. Sufism and the Safavids of Iran Andrew Newman 26. Sufism and the Mughals of India Kashshaf Ghani 27. Sufism in the Ottoman Empire John J. Curry 28. The Q¿¿¿z¿delis and Sufism Mustapha Sheikh PART III: THE MODERN PERIOD 29. Sufism in Modern Turkey Kim Shively 30. Sufism in the UK Ron Geaves 31. Sufism and Vernacular Knowledge in Sindh Michel Boivin 32. A SUFISM FOR OUR TIME: THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY FOR SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL RESEARCH Valerie J. Hoffman 33. Sufism in Modern Morocco Marta Dominguez Diaz 34. Sufism in Senegal John Glover 35. Sufism in North America Juliane Hammer