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