Ecstasy And Englightenment

Book Summary


The devotional and mystical literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is a little known but rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage of Islam. The book focuses on the Ginans, a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher-saints who propagated the Ismaili form of Islam in the subcontinent over several centuries.

Book Details


Book Name Ecstasy And Englightenment
Author Ali S. Asani
Publisher I. B. Tauris & Company (Jul 2002)
ISBN 9781860647581
Pages 224
Language English
Price 1925
 
 

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