Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis
by Shahzad Bashir
Published by : Oneworld Publications (London) Physical details: 141 Pages 22x14 cm | HB ISBN:9781851683857. Year: 2009| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 297.83092 S524F 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | 43815 |
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Fazlallah Astarabadi was a 14th-century Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end. This book is the first comprehensive study of Astarabadi''s life and thought and also offer a history of his movement. It emphasizes the diversity of medieval Islam by describing an apocalyptic movement founded on the idea that the cosmos contains embedded secrets that become manifest through extraordinary human beings.
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