Sufi Illuminati: The Rawshani Movement in Muslim Mysticism, Society and Politics

The Rawshaniyya, who flourished in the traditional homeland of the Pashtuns in the Kabul/Indus basin in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, were a powerful religio-political movement. Drawing on a wide range of previously neglected sources, the author examines the history and doctrines of the movement in the broader context of tribal politics and exoteric Islam. The extensive corpus of Rawshani is considered in the context of early Pashtun literature and Indo-Persian tradition.

1. The Pashtun Lands in the time of the Rawshani Movement 2. Sources and Works on the Rawshani Movement 3. The Life of Bayazid Anari and the History of the Rawshani Movement 4. The Rawshani Doctrine Conclusion