Book Summary
Drawing on rare Persian manuscripts preserved in medieval Sufi shrines, Carl Ernst reveals the mystical teachings of the Chishti Sufi order as taught by the ecstatic Shaykh Burhan al-Din Gharib (c.1337) and his disciples. His study engages with key issues, such as the basis of Islamic political power in South Asia.
Book Details
| Book Name | Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History, And Politics At A South Asian Sufi Center |
| Author | Carl W. Ernst, Annemarie Schimmel |
| Publisher | State University Of New York Press (Mar 1992) |
| ISBN | 9780791408841 |
| Pages | 381 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1137 |
