Sufi Rituals and Practices Experiences from South Asia, 1200-1450

by Ghani, Kashshaf

• ISBN13: 9780192889225
• ISBN10: 0192889222
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780192889232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-03-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

Kashshaf Ghani, Assistant Professor, School of Historical Studies, Nalanda University, India

Kashshaf Ghani currently teaches at Nalanda University, India. He specializes in pre-modern South Asia, covering the period 1000-1800, focusing on the history of Sufism, its practices, interactions, networks, and regional experiences. He is also interested in Indo-Persian histories, interreligious interactions, history and culture of the Persianate world, and Asian interconnections. Ghani studied History at Presidency College, Kolkata, and the University of Calcutta, where he completed his PhD. He has held teaching and research positions at Aliah University, Kolkata; University of Calcutta; The Asiatic Society, Kolkata; Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris; Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin; and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.