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This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wilāya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn ʿArabī’s mysticism, with regard to the conception of wilāya, on his Shīʿa successors and expositors in later centuries. She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wilāya over two hundred years, from the esoteric school of Shaykhīsm to the politicization of wilāya in the theory of wilāyat al-faqīh.

Islam-Doctrines. --- Indo-Iranian philology. --- Middle East-History. --- Ethnology-Middle East . --- Middle Eastern literature. --- Middle East-Politics and governm. --- Islamic Theology. --- Indo-Iranian Languages. --- History of the Middle East. --- Middle Eastern Culture. --- Middle Eastern Literature. --- Middle Eastern Politics. --- Near Eastern literature --- Indo-Aryan philology --- Islam—Doctrines. --- Indo-Iranian languages. --- Middle East—History. --- Ethnology—Middle East . --- Middle East—Politics and government. --- Indo-European languages --- Islam --- Oriental languages. --- Middle East --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Oriental or Semitic Languages. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Languages, Oriental --- Dogma, Islamic --- Islamic theology --- Kalam --- Muslim theology --- Theology, Islamic --- Theology, Muslim --- Doctrines. --- History. --- Middle East . --- Politics and government. --- Social aspects