TITLE:
Sufis’ Centers as Scientific and Educational Institutions by Reference to the Manuscripts Transcribed There
AUTHORS:
Habibollah Azimi
KEYWORDS:
Manuscript Transcription, Sufi’s Centers, Iran’s Libraries
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Historical Studies,
Vol.7 No.4,
December
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: Sufism is an ascetic way among Muslims based on
comportment for purifying the self and avoiding the world for reaching God and
completing the soul. Sufis established several independent religious-military
centers under different names, such as Khāngāh, Zawiya, Mazār, Takya, Rebat,
Madrasa, Sawmi’a and so on in order to teach, meet, worship and discuss, publicize
and live in. They had libraries where Sufism-related or other books were
collected.