Author : Shahzad Bashir
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780741928
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Book Synopsis Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis by : Shahzad Bashir
Download or read book Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis written by Shahzad Bashir and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fazlallah Astarabadi was a 14th-century Islamic religious leader who believed that the world was about to come to an end. This book is the first comprehensive study of Astarabadi's life and thought and also offer a history of his movement. It emphasizes the diversity of medieval Islam by describing an apocalyptic movement founded on the idea that the cosmos contains embedded secrets that become manifest through extraordinary human beings.