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Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future and increases the reach and visibility of important scholarly work. Titles published in the UC Press Luminos model are published with the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as those in our traditional program. www.luminosoa.org Witness to Marvels ISLAMIC HUMANITIES Shahzad Bashir, Series Editor Publication of this Luminos Open Access Series is made possible by the Islam and the Humanities Project of the Program in Middle East Studies at Brown University. 1. F orging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia, by Shenila Khoja-Moolji 2. W itness to Marvels: Sufism and Literary Imagination, by Tony K. Stewart Witness to Marvels Sufism and Literary Imagination Tony K. Stewart UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2019 by Tony K. Stewart This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses. Suggested citation: Stewart, T. K. Witness to Marvels: Sufism and Literary Imagination. Oakland: University of California Press, 2019. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1525/luminos.76 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Stewart, Tony K., 1954- author. Title: Witness to marvels : Sufism and literary imagination / Tony K. Stewart. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses . | Identifiers: LCCN 2019005276 (print) | LCCN 2019009927 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520973688 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520306332 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Bengali literature—Social aspects—India—Bengal. | Romance fiction, Bengali. | Islam and literature—India—Bengal. | Sufism—India—Bengal. | Hinduism—India—Bengal. Classification: LCC PK1701 (ebook) | LCC PK1701 .S74 2019 (print) | DDC 891.4/409382—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005276 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Frontispiece: Gāji and Kālu ply their magic boat. © The Trustees of the British Museum. This image and the cover image depicting Satya Pīr shapeshifting into an ogre to frighten Basanta Rājā, are from a pīr paṭ scroll painting, Murshidabad ca. 1780-1800 (Asia 1955.10-8.095). The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Richard and Harriett Gold Endowment Fund in Arts and Humanities. for Samira
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