For those compiling a complete list of Shahzad Bashir books and writings , look for his chapters in The Study of Shi’i Islam (2014) and Sufism and Society (2012). Here, he refines his ideas about how memory, text, and ritual produce “the Sufi” as a category.
Bashir’s academic bibliography includes several influential monographs that challenge traditional narratives of Islamic history: BOOKS – SHAHZAD BASHIR shahzad bashir books
| Your Background | Recommended Book | |----------------|------------------| | General reader interested in mystical Islam | Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis | | Undergraduate in Religious Studies | Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions | | Graduate student (Theory-heavy) | Sufi Bodies | | Researcher on Shi’ism or Central Asia | All three monographs + journal articles | For those compiling a complete list of Shahzad
Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands He argues that these texts are not transparent
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.