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"This book presents a thematic collection of hagiographical stories of Sufi saints, often referred to as friends of Gods. Despite the diverse wealth of Sufi works, much of the rich, global and centuries old literature of Sufi warrior-saints, has yet to be translated into English. Examining hagiographical depictions of Sufi mujahids , Neale corrects frequent misunderstandings of the term jihad in relation to Sufi thought and practice. Using Sufi hagiography, treatises, travel narratives and Muslim histories, each chapter comprises the lives of Sufi saints during significant historical events, from the Crusades to the Mongol Invasion and in regions ranging from Islamic Spain to North Africa and India. Using Persian and Arabic sources, this compendium of translated hagiographies gives us a sense of the range, themes and global dissemination of the Sufi literature on war and heroism"--

Muslim saints --- Sufism --- Jihad --- Islamic hagiography

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"The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a religious community. This analysis of Shīʻah narratives provides insight into the social and religious significance of stories of the imams, helping explain what made them worth preserving. This book examines a form of biography that emerged around the beginning of the tenth century CE, when Shīʻah scholars began compiling accounts of individual imams into works spanning the lives of all twelve holy figures. These collective biographies canonized particular versions of the lives and deaths of the imams, in the process constructing a sacred history. The themes and motifs found in these biographies reveal the concerns of Shīʻah Muslim communities in the medieval period. Shīʻah accounts of the imams' lives often differed significantly from those of their adversaries, reflecting an emotionally-charged conflict about issues of religious authority and legitimacy. The collective biographies imbued select memories of the imams' lives with religious significance, thereby demarcating communal boundaries in enduring ways. The stories inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered consolation to a community searching for meaning at a new stage of history. They became the focal point of communal memory, inspiring Shīʻah religious imagination for centuries to come."--Provided by publisher.

Islamic hagiography. --- Imams (Shiites) --- Shīʻah. --- Identification (Religion). --- Biography --- History and criticism. --- Islamic hagiography --- Shīʻah --- Identification (Religion) --- History and criticism

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"Arguably the single most important element in Abrahamic cross-confessional relations has been an ongoing mutual interest in perennial spiritual and ethical exemplars of one another's communities. Ranging from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Crossing Confessional Boundaries explores the complex roles played by saints, sages, and Friends of God in the communal and intercommunal lives of Christians, Muslims, and Jews across the Mediterranean world, from Spain and North Africa to the Middle East to the Balkans. By examining these stories in their broad institutional, social, and cultural contexts, Crossing Confessional Boundaries reveals unique theological insights into the interlocking histories of the Abrahamic faiths"--

Hagiographie --- Abrahamic religions --- Hagiography --- Saints --- Abrahamic religions --- Christian hagiography --- Islamic hagiography. --- Jewish hagiography.

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Islamic shrines --- Islamic hagiography --- Islamic architecture --- Bektashi --- Sanctuaires musulmans --- Hagiographie islamique --- Architecture islamique --- Turkey --- Turquie --- History --- Histoire --- Bektāchī

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Christian hagiography --- Islamic hagiography --- Congresses. --- Christelijke hagiografie --- Hagiographie islamique --- Heiligenlevens --- Mohammedaanse hagiografie --- Hagiography --- Coptic christian saints --- Muslim saints --- Saints coptes --- Saints musulmans --- 235.3 <1-11> --- -Islamic hagiography --- -Hagiography --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiografie--Oosten --- -Hagiografie--Oosten --- Congresses --- Islam --- Hagiographie --- Customs and practices --- Congrès --- Coutumes et pratiques --- Christian saints --- Middle East --- Saints --- Legends --- Christian hagiography - Congresses --- Islamic hagiography - Congresses. --- ORIENT --- HAGIOGRAPHIE MUSULMANE --- SAINTS --- ISLAM --- HISTOIRE RELIGIEUSE --- MOYEN AGE --- HISTOIRE --- Histoire religieuse