Politics of Sufism in the Ottoman Empire: A Comparative Analysis

Sufi orders and brotherhoods have extensively contributed the reproduction transformation of social political formation in Ottoman Empire besides their significance cultural intellectual life. Contrary to previous scholarship which identifies as unchanged timeless religious movements during medieval times, one causes decline decay early modern era when underwent profound transformations; revisionist studies underscore importance historicizing recognizing transformations internal dynamics changing destinies course history. In this paper, I am going analyze three books on Empire—namely, A Culture Sufism: Naqshbandis World, 1450-1700, by Dina Le Gall (2005); The Transformation Muslim Mystical Thought Empire: Rise Halveti Order, 1350-1650, John J. Curry (2010); God’s Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups Islamic Later Middle Period, 1200-1550, Ahmet T. Karamustafa (1994). argue that an adequate understanding history requires taking conditions relationship between groups authorities into account. Not only personal relations actors with lodges masters, broad framework well should be addressed historian account for any change and/or persistence recognition analyzed order.