Surinder Singh has been Professor at the Department of History, Punjab University, Chandigarh. His books and articles explore medieval India and undivided Panjab, with reference to polity, society and culture.Ishwar Dayal Gaur is former Professor of History, Department of Evening Studies-Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University Chandigarh. His area of research and interest is Panjab history, Literature and culture.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Sufi Mystics1. Advent of Sufism in Medieval Punjab: A Narrative of its Historical RoleIqtidar Husain Siddiqui 2. Sons of Bread and Sons of Soul: Lineal and Spiritual Descendants of Baba Farid and the Issue of SuccessionTanvir Anjum 3. Path of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya: A Contrastive Model of MysticismHumaira Arif Dasti 4. Suhrawardi Mysticism in South-Western Punjab: Contribution of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari Makhdum-i-JahaniyanAneesa Iqbal Sabir 5. A Panoramic Reconstruction of Sufism in the Jammu HillsJigar Mohammed 6. Development of Qadiri Mysticism at Lahore: Principles and Practices of Miyan MirSurinder Singh7. Role of Sufis and Bhaktas in North-Western India during the Eighteenth CenturyZahir Uddin Malik Part II: Sufi Literature8. Theory and Practice of Islamic Mysticism: An Exposition by Ali bin Usman HujwiriMohammad Tazeem 9. Baba Farid: The Pioneer of Punjabi Sufi PoetrySaeed Ahmad 10. Authenticity of Malfuz Literature: A Case Study of the Rahat-ul-QulubS.M. Azizuddin Husain11. Female Voice in Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Its Character and ConcernsIshwar Dayal Gaur 12. Formation of Naqshbandi Mysticism: Studying the Major Writings of Shaikh Ahmad SirhindiIqbal Sabir 13. Some Prominent Strands in the Poetry of Sultan BahuTahir Kamran Part III: Sufi Shrines14. Early Sufi Tombs in South-Western Punjab: Understanding the Architectural FeaturesSubhash Parihar 15. Some Prominent Sufi Shrines of South-Eastern Punjab: A Study of their History and FormHitender Kumar16. Shrine of Shaikh Sadruddin at Malerkotla: History, Politics and CultureSalim Mohammed 17. Devotional Linkages of Punjab with the Chishti Shrine at Ajmer: Gleanings from the VikalatnamasSyed Liyaqat Hussain Moini18. Historicity, Orality and the ‘Lesser Shrines’: Popular Culture and Change at the Dargah of Panj Pir at AboharYogesh Snehi AppendixShrine of Miyan Mir at Lahore: A Note from the Tahqiqat-i-ChishtiSurinder SinghContributorsIndex

Surinder Singh has been Professor at the Department of History, Punjab University, Chandigarh. His books and articles explore medieval India and undivided Panjab, with reference to polity, society and culture.Ishwar Dayal Gaur is former Professor of History, Department of Evening Studies-Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University Chandigarh. His area of research and interest is Panjab history, Literature and culture.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Sufi Mystics1. Advent of Sufism in Medieval Punjab: A Narrative of its Historical RoleIqtidar Husain Siddiqui 2. Sons of Bread and Sons of Soul: Lineal and Spiritual Descendants of Baba Farid and the Issue of SuccessionTanvir Anjum 3. Path of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya: A Contrastive Model of MysticismHumaira Arif Dasti 4. Suhrawardi Mysticism in South-Western Punjab: Contribution of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari Makhdum-i-JahaniyanAneesa Iqbal Sabir 5. A Panoramic Reconstruction of Sufism in the Jammu HillsJigar Mohammed 6. Development of Qadiri Mysticism at Lahore: Principles and Practices of Miyan MirSurinder Singh7. Role of Sufis and Bhaktas in North-Western India during the Eighteenth CenturyZahir Uddin Malik Part II: Sufi Literature8. Theory and Practice of Islamic Mysticism: An Exposition by Ali bin Usman HujwiriMohammad Tazeem 9. Baba Farid: The Pioneer of Punjabi Sufi PoetrySaeed Ahmad 10. Authenticity of Malfuz Literature: A Case Study of the Rahat-ul-QulubS.M. Azizuddin Husain11. Female Voice in Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Its Character and ConcernsIshwar Dayal Gaur 12. Formation of Naqshbandi Mysticism: Studying the Major Writings of Shaikh Ahmad SirhindiIqbal Sabir 13. Some Prominent Strands in the Poetry of Sultan BahuTahir Kamran Part III: Sufi Shrines14. Early Sufi Tombs in South-Western Punjab: Understanding the Architectural FeaturesSubhash Parihar 15. Some Prominent Sufi Shrines of South-Eastern Punjab: A Study of their History and FormHitender Kumar16. Shrine of Shaikh Sadruddin at Malerkotla: History, Politics and CultureSalim Mohammed 17. Devotional Linkages of Punjab with the Chishti Shrine at Ajmer: Gleanings from the VikalatnamasSyed Liyaqat Hussain Moini18. Historicity, Orality and the ‘Lesser Shrines’: Popular Culture and Change at the Dargah of Panj Pir at AboharYogesh Snehi AppendixShrine of Miyan Mir at Lahore: A Note from the Tahqiqat-i-ChishtiSurinder SinghContributorsIndex

Surinder Singh has been Professor at the Department of History, Punjab University, Chandigarh. His books and articles explore medieval India and undivided Panjab, with reference to polity, society and culture.Ishwar Dayal Gaur is former Professor of History, Department of Evening Studies-Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University Chandigarh. His area of research and interest is Panjab history, Literature and culture.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Sufi Mystics1. Advent of Sufism in Medieval Punjab: A Narrative of its Historical RoleIqtidar Husain Siddiqui 2. Sons of Bread and Sons of Soul: Lineal and Spiritual Descendants of Baba Farid and the Issue of SuccessionTanvir Anjum 3. Path of Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya: A Contrastive Model of MysticismHumaira Arif Dasti 4. Suhrawardi Mysticism in South-Western Punjab: Contribution of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari Makhdum-i-JahaniyanAneesa Iqbal Sabir 5. A Panoramic Reconstruction of Sufism in the Jammu HillsJigar Mohammed 6. Development of Qadiri Mysticism at Lahore: Principles and Practices of Miyan MirSurinder Singh7. Role of Sufis and Bhaktas in North-Western India during the Eighteenth CenturyZahir Uddin Malik Part II: Sufi Literature8. Theory and Practice of Islamic Mysticism: An Exposition by Ali bin Usman HujwiriMohammad Tazeem 9. Baba Farid: The Pioneer of Punjabi Sufi PoetrySaeed Ahmad 10. Authenticity of Malfuz Literature: A Case Study of the Rahat-ul-QulubS.M. Azizuddin Husain11. Female Voice in Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Its Character and ConcernsIshwar Dayal Gaur 12. Formation of Naqshbandi Mysticism: Studying the Major Writings of Shaikh Ahmad SirhindiIqbal Sabir 13. Some Prominent Strands in the Poetry of Sultan BahuTahir Kamran Part III: Sufi Shrines14. Early Sufi Tombs in South-Western Punjab: Understanding the Architectural FeaturesSubhash Parihar 15. Some Prominent Sufi Shrines of South-Eastern Punjab: A Study of their History and FormHitender Kumar16. Shrine of Shaikh Sadruddin at Malerkotla: History, Politics and CultureSalim Mohammed 17. Devotional Linkages of Punjab with the Chishti Shrine at Ajmer: Gleanings from the VikalatnamasSyed Liyaqat Hussain Moini18. Historicity, Orality and the ‘Lesser Shrines’: Popular Culture and Change at the Dargah of Panj Pir at AboharYogesh Snehi AppendixShrine of Miyan Mir at Lahore: A Note from the Tahqiqat-i-ChishtiSurinder SinghContributorsIndex