Table of Contents

Introduction Part I 1. Persianate Sufism in the Twelfth–Thirteenth Centuries 2. The Rise of Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī 3. The Fall of Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī 4. Friend or Foe? Ibn Jawzī’s Criticisms of shāhid bāzī assessed through Kirmānī’s hagiography Conclusion Part II The Virtues of Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī Notes to the Anecdotes

About the Author

Lloyd Ridgeon specialises in Sufism, particularly the medieval Persian Sufi tradition. His 1996 PhD on the thirteenth-century Persian Sufi, ʿAzīz Nasafī has been published in the Sufi Series, as have his monographs on Aḥmad Kasravī and on Javānmardī. He is the Editor of IRAN, and also the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.