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The friends of God : sufi saints in Islam, popular poster art from Pakistan / Jurgen Wasim Frembgen ; in cooperation with the Museum of Ethnology, Munich.

By: Publication details: Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, c2006.Description: x, 158 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780195470062 :
  • 0195470060 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP189.33 .F74 2006
Contents:
Chapter one. Embodying charisma and love -- Chapter two. Piety and devotion -- Chapter three. Sufi saints and shrines in Pakistan -- Early Muslim saints -- Imaginary assemblies of Sufi saints -- The great saint of Baghdad -- Indian Chishti saints -- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar-The entraptured saint -- The Qalandar heritage -- A millennium of saints in the Punjab -- Shah Abdul Latif-The mystic and poet of Sindh -- Chapter four. Reflections on popular Sufi poster art -- References to the saints.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-151).

Chapter one. Embodying charisma and love -- Chapter two. Piety and devotion -- Chapter three. Sufi saints and shrines in Pakistan -- Early Muslim saints -- Imaginary assemblies of Sufi saints -- The great saint of Baghdad -- Indian Chishti saints -- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar-The entraptured saint -- The Qalandar heritage -- A millennium of saints in the Punjab -- Shah Abdul Latif-The mystic and poet of Sindh -- Chapter four. Reflections on popular Sufi poster art -- References to the saints.

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