Regional Sufi Centres in India
Regional Sufi Centres in India: Significance and Contribution sets out to explore and understand the hundreds of years old multi-religious sect of India, "Sufism," which advocates humane and global outlook for entire mankind and regards humanity as a brotherhood.
Sufism came to India from its Arabic Turkic and Persian homes, instead of remaining confined to palaces and mosques. It spread out to all over India establishing regional Centres and Dargahs often known by the surnames of the families which sustained it, like Khanqah-e-Niazia, in Bareilly (UP), Khanqah Gesu Daraz in Gulbarga, and Firdausi in Bihar.
The authors of this volume discuss some of the regional Sufi Centres in India and their contribution in the social emancipation of the society.
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Nasir Raza Khan (Ph.D.) is Hony. Director of India Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He is former visiting professor of ICCR Chair of International Studies, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, and former director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture, Embassy of India, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.