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Sufi Lineages

Sufi Lineages is a scholarly construct in the study of Islamic mysticism that denotes a spiritually transmitted succession of masters and disciples within a Sufi order, distinguished by its genealogical continuity, authorization in teaching and practice, and adherence to a specific spiritual path tracing back to the Prophet Muhammad.

29

Publications

777

Citations

30

Authors

18

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

Silsila

Parents

Publications

29

Sufis and Shamans: Some Remarks on the Islamization of the Mongols in the Ilkhanate

Reuven Amitai · Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient · 1999 · 112 citations

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Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh

Marcia K. Hermansen, Arthur F. Buehler · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 2000 · 106 citations

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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine

Adam Asgarali · The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures · 2010 · 69 citations

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The Politics of Sacred Lineages in 19th-Century Central Asia: Descent Groups Linked to Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi in Shrine Documents and Genealogical Charters

Devin DeWeese · International Journal Middle East Studies · 1999 · 41 citations

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Becoming a Bhairava in 19th-century Java

Andrea Acri · Indonesia and the Malay World · 2019 · 38 citations

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Authors

30

  1. RM
    Richard M. Eaton

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. AF
    Arthur F. Buehler

    Colgate University, United States

    1 publications · 106 citations

    1

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  3. AA
    Adam Asgarali

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 69 citations

    1

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  4. DA
    Daniel Andrew Birchok

    University of Michigan–Flint, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

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  5. AA
    Andrea Acri

    École Pratique des Hautes Études, France

    1 publications · 38 citations

    1

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Institutions

18

  1. University of Michigan–Flint

    Flint, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  2. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  3. University of Wolverhampton

    Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  6. Universidad de Sevilla

    Seville, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    69 citations

  8. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal Middle East Studies

    2 publications · 62 citations

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  3. History of Religions

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  4. Arabica

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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  5. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion

    JASR · 1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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