Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Islamic Hagiography: Sources and Contexts 1
6. Part I. The Arab Middle East and North Africa
7. Introduction 13
8. 1. Abü Bakr in Tradition and Early Hagiography 15
9. 2. Tamïmï’s Eyewitness Account of Abü Ya`zä Yallanür (572/1177) 30
10. 3. `Abd Alläh ibn As`ad al-Yäfi`ï’s Defense of Saintly Marvels 47
11. 4. The Wafä´ïya of Cairo 63
12. Part II. Iran and Afghanistan
13. Introduction 77
14. 5. Junayd in the ‘Hilyat al-awliyä´’ and the ‘Nafahät al-uns’ 79
15. 6. Sa`dï’s Earthly Vision of Sainthood in the ‘Bustän’ and the ‘Gulistän’ 92
16. 7. Ostad Elahi and Hajjï Ni`mat: Master and Disciple, Father and Son 100
17. 8. A Miracle of an Afghan Friend of God, the Mulla of Hadda 114
18. Part III. Turkey and Central Asia
19. Introduction 119
20. 9. Three Tales from the Central Asian ‘Book of Hakïm Ata’ 121
21. 10. Sari Saltik Becomes a Friend of God 136
22. 11. Sari Ismail: The Beloved Disciple of Haci Bektaš Veli 145
23. 12. Yünus Emre Seeks His Share: Traditional and Modern Accounts 150
24. Part IV. Africa: West and East
25. Introduction 167
26. 13. Shaykh al-Hajj Abbass Sall: In Praise of the Tïjänïya Order 169
27. 14. Imitating the Life of the Prophet: Nana Asma´u and Usman dan Fodiyo 179
28. 15. Job’s Wife in the Swahili ‘Epic of Job’ 197
29. 16. The Death of Shaykh Uways of Somalia 208
30. Part V. South Asia
31. Introduction 217
32. 17. A Tazkira for the Times: Saving Islam in Post-Partition Punjab 219
33. 18. Tales of Renewal: Ahmad Sirhindï, Reformer of the Second Millennium 234
34. 19. Sufi Poetry of the Indus Valley: Khwäja Ghuläm Farïd 249
35. 20. The Ismä`ïlï Pïr Sadr ad-Dïn 261
36. 21. An Indo-Persian Guide to Sufi Shrine Visitation 269
37. 22. Sufi Autobiography in the Twentieth Century: The Worldly and Spiritual Journeys of Khwäja Hasan Nizämï 286
38. 23. Bonbïbï, Protectress of the Forest 301
39. 24. The Tales of Mänik Pïr: Protector of Cows in Bengal 312
40. Part VI. Southeast and East Asia
41. Introduction 333
42. 25. The Malay Story of Muhammad al-Hanafïya 335
43. 26. Sunan Ampel of the Javanese Wali Songo 341
44. 27. Lan Zixi’s “Epitaphs of the Real Humans” 359
45. Appendix 371
46. Glossary 377
47. About the Contributors 391
48. Index of Names 397
49. Index of Concepts, Themes, Places, and Book Titles 405
50. Qur´an Index 413