Jawanmardi : a sufi code of Honour / Lloyd Ridgeon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Medieval Sufi-Futuwwat/Jawanmardi -- Section I. Introduction to Suhrawardi's Kitabfi'l-futuwwat -- Translation of Suhrawardi's Kitab fi'l-Futuwwat -- Section 2. Introduction to Futuwwat Nama of Mirza 'Abd al-'Azim Khan Qarib-i Garakani -- Translation of Futuwwat Nama of Mirza Abd al-Azim Khan Qarib-i Garakani -- Section 3. Introduction to the Treatise of Hatim -- Translation of The Treatise of Hatim.

Sufism attracts much attention in the West, yet its ethical dimension is often overlooked. Jawanmardi{u2014}a key element of Persian Sufism{u2014} was the thic that encouraged the Sufi to put others before himself and to overlook the sins committed by others, thus representing a humane and liberal understanding of Islam. Many writers in the Persian tradition wrote about Jawanmardi, and this overview presents three of the key medieval texts in the original and in translation: Kitab al-futuwwa by Shihab al-Din Umar Suhrawardi, Futuwwat nama by Mirza 'Abd al-'Azim Khan Qarib, and Risala-yi Hatim al-Tayy by Husayn Wa'iz-i Kashifi.

In English, with Persian words; translated from the Persian.