The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350–1650

John W. Curry

The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire

The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350–1650

Based on careful study of the substantial and largely unpublished manuscript legacy left by the Halvetî mystical order, one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Ottoman Empire, this is a history of the rise and spread of its Sa'baniyye branch between the 15th and 17th centuries.

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The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire

The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350–1650

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Maps and Figures
pp vii-vii

Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works in the Text
pp viii-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xv

Note on Transliteration
pp xvi-xvi

Map 1
pp xvii-xvii

Map 2
pp xviii-xviii

INTRODUCTION: ON THE STUDY OF OTTOMAN MYSTICAL TRADITIONS
pp 1-12

PART I - THE RISE AND SPREAD OF THE HALVETİ ORDER FROM ITS ORIGINS THROUGH THE ELEVENTH/SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
pp 13-14

INTRODUCTION
pp 15-20

1 - EARLY SUFISM AND THE ORIGINS OF THE HALVETİ PATH, C. 900–1400
pp 21-49

2 - THE GREAT EXPANSION: FROM REGIONAL ORGANIZATION TO FAR-FLUNG NETWORK, C. 1400–1600
pp 50-86

PART II - THE EVOLUTION OF A HALVETİ SUB-BRANCH: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF ŞAcBÂN-I VELİ AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN THE KASTAMONU REGION
pp 87-88

INTRODUCTION
pp 89-92

3 - ECHOES OF A DISTANT PAST: ŞAcBÂN-I VELİ'S EARLY LIFE AND CONVERSION TO SUFISM
pp 93-107

4 - GENESIS OF A SUB-BRANCH: ŞAcBÂN-I VELİ'S STRUGGLES IN KASTAMONU
pp 108-155

5 - AN UNEVEN LEGACY: THE SUCCESSION TO ŞAcBÂN-I VELİ TO THE END OF THE TENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY
pp 156-194

PART III - DEFENDING THE CULT OF SAINTS IN ELEVENTH/SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY KASTAMONU: TRANSFORMING THE ŞAcBÂNİYE ORDER UNDER cÖMER EL-FUɔÂDÎ
pp 195-196

INTRODUCTION
pp 197-198

6 - cÖMER EL-FUɔÂDÎ AS SUFI ASPIRANT AND HAGIOGRAPHER: THE ROAD TO ŞAcBÂNİYE SUCCESSION
pp 199-222

7 - INSCRIBING THE ŞAcBÂNİYE ORDER ONTO KASTAMONU'S LANDSCAPE
pp 223-267

8 - THE POLITICAL AND DOCTRINAL LEGACY OF cÖMER EL-FUɔÂDÎ
pp 268-291

CONCLUSION: WHAT CAN THE ŞAcBÂNİYE TEACH US ABOUT TRANSITIONS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD OF WORLD HISTORY?
pp 292-298

Appendix I
pp 299-302

Appendix II
pp 303-304

Works Cited and Further Reading
pp 305-320

Index of Persons
pp 321-325

Index of Places
pp 326-327

Index of Subjects
pp 328-330

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