Ismāʿīl al-Qasṛī, Kubrawiyya, and Sufi Genealogies
“Deep-Dark Transmissions” in Medieval Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9977466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aydogan Kars (0000-0002-3628-3474, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 143-176 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2021.1902788 |
| OpenAlex | W3157657754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper sheds light on Ismāʿīl al-Qasṛī, his scholarly and pietist networks, Sufi genealogy, and its later transmission. Other than his debated role in Najm al-Dīn Kubrā's initiation into Sufism, very little is known on this understudied yet significant Sufi from Khuzistan. The paper argues that Ismāʿīl al-Qasṛī and his western Iranian Sufi genealogy was the primary, rather than secondary, initiatory chain claimed by Kubrā, his associates, and the later heritage. Besides, al-Qasṛī's robe continued to be transmitted beyond Kubrā's Sufi chain, and received multiple names in the absence of a prominent, eponymous master to claim it. Also introducing the figures in al-Qasṛī's, and hence Kubrā's, spiritual genealogy, the paper discovers the overlooked yet decisive impact of Iranian masters, most notably the famous pietist of the Fars area, Abū Isḥāq al-Kāzarūnī, on Sufism in the later tradition
Ancient history · Art · Chain (unit · Islam · Literature · Sufism · Theology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |