Based on a critical examination of Persian sources, the Sufis of Kashmir contains authentic biographical sketches of the contemplatives and spiritual masters who profoundly shaped Kashmiri society during the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Sufism's historical achievement in Kashmir lay in furnishing the sheetanchor which would not simply hold the Kashmiri Muslim community fast to the shrines, but more importantly, to the fundamentals of Islam.
The remarkable unity of purpose and action displayed by the Sufis as embodiments of inner and social stability is not simply a spiritual, but more than that, a historical legacy bequeathed by them to Kashmir. |
