Shahzad Bashir is not merely a scholar of Islamic studies; he is a theorist of history, a sensitive reader of poetry, and an innovator of scholarly form. His books—from the foundational histories of Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions and Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis , through the theoretical breakthrough of Sufi Bodies , the contemporary relevance of Under the Drones , to the methodological innovations of The Market in Poetry in the Persian World and A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures —chart the course of a brilliant and restless intellect.
Bashir has published extensively on the malfūzāt (recorded conversations) genre. He argues that these texts are not transparent records of oral teachings but carefully crafted literary artifacts that construct a saint’s authority retroactively. shahzad bashir books
Those new to Islamic esotericism, letter mysticism, or the Timurid period. Shahzad Bashir is not merely a scholar of
