Sufism and sufis in Ottoman society sources, doctrine, rituals, turuq, architecture, literature and fine arts, modernism (The Turkish Historical Society, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contributers. List of Abreviations. Transliteration system. Introduction. Part I: Beliefs. -- ABDULAZİZ SACHEDINA, The Wali of God and the Wasi of the Prophet: Ali b. Abi Talib in Twelver Shiite belief. -- MOHAMMAD ALİ AMIR-MOEZZI, Considérations sur l'expression "Din Ali": aux origines de la foi shiite. -- FARHAD DAFTARY, Ali in classical Ismaili theology. IRÈNE MÉLIKOFF, La divinisation d'Ali chez les Bektachis Alevis. -- MEIR M. BAL-ASHER and ARYEH KOFSKY, The Nusayri doctrine of Ali's divinity and the Nusayri trinity according to an unpublished treatise from the 7th/13th century. -- E. RUHİ FIĞLALI, Ali in the Sunni historical and theological tradition. -- ALEXANDER FODOR, Types of Shiite amulets from Iraq Part II: Popular literature and iconography. İSMET ÇETİN, Ali in Turkish folk literature. -- SERPİL BAĞCI, From texts to pictures: Ali in manuscript painting. -- FREDERICK DE JONG, The iconography of Bektashiism : a survey of themes and symbolism in clerical costume, liturgical objects and pictorial art. -- M. UĞUR DERMAN, Ali in Ottoman calligraphy. General index