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This book shifted the paradigm in Islamic studies. It moved the study of Sufism away from abstract philosophy and anchored it in the lived, physical experiences of practitioners.

Part of the Makers of the Muslim World series, this volume delivers the first detailed biographical study of 14th-century mystic Fazlallah Astarabadi. Astarabadi founded the Hurufi movement based on an apocalyptic worldview and the hidden, esoteric patterns found within human language and numbers. shahzad bashir books

, start with The Market in Poetry in the Persian World . This book shifted the paradigm in Islamic studies

(MIT Press, 2022): An innovative open-access digital monograph that rethinks the concept of "Islam" through the framing of time and diverse historical narratives The Market in Poetry in the Persian World Astarabadi founded the Hurufi movement based on an

Illuminates the intellectual and political undercurrents of the post-Mongol Persianate world.