Saudi Arabia

Shaharyar Zia works on late-medieval and early modern Islamic intellectual history. He is interested in the scholarly traditions of Firangī Maḥall, Shāh Walī Allāh, Khayrābādīs and various Sufi groups in South Asia. In trying to situate and analyze these...

• Region(s): Eastern Mediterranian; Egypt; Saudi Arabia
• Time Period(s): 13th century; 14th century; 15th century; 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): Arabic-Islamic intellectual and cultural history; Islamic theology and philosophy...