Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Sufi Mystics
1. Advent of Sufism in Medieval Punjab: A Narrative of its Historical Role
Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui
2. Sons of Bread and Sons of Soul: Lineal and Spiritual Descendants of Baba Farid and the Issue of Succession
Tanvir Anjum
3. Path of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya: A Contrastive Model of Mysticism
Humaira Arif Dasti
4. Suhrawardi Mysticism in South-Western Punjab: Contribution of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari Makhdum-i-Jahaniyan
Aneesa Iqbal Sabir
5. A Panoramic Reconstruction of Sufism in the Jammu Hills
Jigar Mohammed
6. Development of Qadiri Mysticism at Lahore: Principles and Practices of Miyan Mir
Surinder Singh
7. Role of Sufis and Bhaktas in North-Western India during the Eighteenth Century
Zahir Uddin Malik
Part II: Sufi Literature
8. Theory and Practice of Islamic Mysticism: An Exposition by Ali bin Usman Hujwiri
Mohammad Tazeem
9. Baba Farid: The Pioneer of Punjabi Sufi Poetry
Saeed Ahmad
10. Authenticity of Malfuz Literature: A Case Study of the Rahat-ul-Qulub
S.M. Azizuddin Husain
11. Female Voice in Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Its Character and Concerns
Ishwar Dayal Gaur
12. Formation of Naqshbandi Mysticism: Studying the Major Writings of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Iqbal Sabir
13. Some Prominent Strands in the Poetry of Sultan Bahu
Tahir Kamran
Part III: Sufi Shrines
14. Early Sufi Tombs in South-Western Punjab: Understanding the Architectural Features
Subhash Parihar
15. Some Prominent Sufi Shrines of South-Eastern Punjab: A Study of their History and Form
Hitender Kumar
16. Shrine of Shaikh Sadruddin at Malerkotla: History, Politics and Culture
Salim Mohammed
17. Devotional Linkages of Punjab with the Chishti Shrine at Ajmer: Gleanings from the Vikalatnamas
Syed Liyaqat Hussain Moini
18. Historicity, Orality and the ‘Lesser Shrines’: Popular Culture and Change at the Dargah of Panj Pir at Abohar
Yogesh Snehi
Appendix
Shrine of Miyan Mir at Lahore: A Note from the Tahqiqat-i-Chishti
Surinder Singh
Contributors
Index
