Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions: The Nurbakhshiya Between Medieval and Modern Islam

(Part of the Studies in Comparative Religion Series)

by Shahzad Bashir

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A revealing look at a fifteenth-century messianic movement and its continuing relevance to Islamic sectarianism

Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions tells the story of the Nurbakhshiya, an Islamic messianic movement that originated in fifteenth-century Iran and central Asia and survives to the present in Pakistan and India. In the first full-length study of the sect, Shahzad Bashir illumines the significance of messianism as...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1570034958

ISBN13:9781570034954

Release Date:September 2003

Publisher:University of South Carolina Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Comparative Religion Education & Reference History Islam Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies

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Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions: The Nurbakhshiya Between Medieval and Modern Islam

(Part of the Studies in Comparative Religion Series)

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