Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar

Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar

by Barbara Daly Metcalf (Editor), Barbara Daly Metcalf (Editor)

Synopsis

"The Bihishti Zewar" was written in northern India in the early 1900s by a revered Muslim scholar and spiritual guide, Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi (1864-1943). This book selects those sections of the Bihishti Zewar that best illustrate the themes of reformist thought about God, the person, society, and gender.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 456
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 27 Nov 1992

ISBN 10: 0520080939
ISBN 13: 9780520080935