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Although the early thirteenth century was a critical period in the development of Sufism, it has received little scholarly attention. Based on heretofore unexplored sources, this book examines a pivotal figure from this period: the scholar, mystic, statesman, and eponym of one of the earliest ṭarīqa lineages, ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī. In situating Suhrawardī’s life work in its social, political, and religious contexts, this book suggests that his universalizing Sufi system was not only enmeshed within a broader economy of Muslim religious learning, but also furnished social spaces which allowed for novel modes of participation in Sufi religiosity. In doing so, this book provides a framework for understanding the increasingly ubiquitous presence of intentional Sufi communities and institutions throughout the late-medieval Islamic world.

Sufism --- Suhrawardīyah. --- Suhrawardīyah. --- History. --- Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, --- Suhrawardīyah --- Suhrawardi Sufi order --- Suhrawardiyya --- History --- Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, --- Suhrawardī, Shahāb-uʼd-Dīn ʻUmar bin Muḥammad, --- Sahrawardī, Shihāb al-Dīn, --- Suhrawardī, Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar, --- Şêxî Îşraq, --- سهروردي، عمر بن محمد، --- سهروردي، عمر بن محمد