SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Ms Shamaila Sarwar

Email address:

ss86@soas.ac.uk

Thesis title:

The life and works of the twentieth century Pakistani Islamic mystic, Sufi Abu Anees Barkat Ali (d. 1997), and the origins and development of the khānaqah of Dār Ul Ehsān

Year of Study:

First

Internal Supervisors

• Jan-Peter Hartung

PhD Research

The focus of this PhD is the extent to which Abu Anees Barkat Ali, the founder of the convent of Dār Ul Ehsān, can be seen as an authentic and legitimate manifestation of tasawwuf or Islamic mysticism. It will also consider to what extent his teachings, beliefs, literary works and religious convent, the khānqah of Dār ul Ehsān, demonstrate a change or continuity in terms of traditional Islamic belief and practice.