Varieties of Mystical Experience

Bhatnagar, Rajendra Sarup:
The varieties of mystical experience of Urdū Ṣūfī poets (13th to 20th century A.D.) / R.S. Bhatnagar ; with a foreword by M. Wahi-ul-Haq Ansari. - Lewiston, N.Y : Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. - vi, 192 S.
ISBN 978-0-7734-5115-5 / 0-7734-5115-3
US$ 109,95 / £ 69,95

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Beschreibung
This work is the first sustained attempt of its kind to draw attention to the mystical side of Urdu poetry. The author goes on to show how the pantheistic form of mysticism appeared in Urdu poetry and how certain poets endeavored to reconcile mysticism with orthodox Islam. This book will appeal to scholars of mystical philosophy and Urdu literature. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
System of Transcription
Author’s Note
Foreword – Prof. M. Wahi-ul-Haq Ansari
1. Indo-Muslim Mystic Thought
2. Early Urdu Sūfi Poets
3. Shams Al-Dīn Walī Muḥammad
4. Mīr Taqī Mīr
5. Khwāja Mīr Dard
6. Shāh Niyāz Aḥmad
7. Khwāja Ḥaider ‘Alī Ātash
8. Mirzā Asad-Allāh Khān Ghālib
9. Shaikh Muḥammad ‘Ālīm Asī
10. Aṣghar Huṣain Aṣghar
11. Shaikh Muḥammad Taqī ‘ Aziz
12. Bisheshwar Prasād Munawwar
13. Epilogue
Appendix: Glossary of Persian and Arabic Terms used by Urdū Ṣūfī Poets
List of Sources
Index
Names and Titles
Subjects and Technical Terms

Autor
Professor Rajendra Sarup Bhatnagar studied in Allahabad and earned his D.Phil, and D.Litt. in Philosophy. He was a faculty member in the department of Philosophy at Allahabad University, for well over four decades. He taught different branches of Philosophy like Islamic Philosophy, Sufism, Greek and Medieval Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion. He participated and presided in a number of Seminars and Conferences of Philosophy. His latest work is Mysticism in Urdu Poetry (1995). He retired as a Professor of Philosophy in 1999 from the University of Allahabad, India.

Quellen: Edwin Mellen Press; Powell's; WorldCat; Library of Congress.
Schlagwörter: Sufismus; Islam; Urdu; Mystik