TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karamustafa,Ahmet T.
TI  - Sufism: the formative period 
SN  - 9780520252691 (paperback)
AV  - BP188.5.K37 2007 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Sufism
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Karamustafa bases this study on a fresh reading of the primary sources and, by integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development. His innovative analytical framework reveals the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world, providing an integrated, comprehensive understanding of one of the most compelling aspects of late antique, early medieval Islamic religious history.--From publisher description
ER  -