Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Illustrations XV
5. List of Tables XVII
6. A Note on Transliteration, Translation and Dating XIX
7. Abbreviations XXI
8. Introduction 1
9. Part One
10. Book Seven of the Mathnawī 11
11. Chapter One Importance of Book Seven 17
12. Chapter Two Internal Evidence 41
13. Part Two
14. Anḳaravī’s Commentary on Book Seven 77
15. Chapter Three İsmāʿil Rusūkhī Anḳaravī 79
16. Chapter Four Anḳaravī ’s Commentary on Book Seven of the Mathnawī 94
17. Chapter Five Intellectuals and Reform in the Ottoman Empire 128
18. Chapter Six Authenticity of Book Seven: Anḳaravī’s Conflicts with ʿUlamāʾ and Fellow Sufis 147
19. Chapter Seven The Influence of Ibn ʿArabī 177
20. Concluding Notes 207
21. Bibliography 211
22. Index 227