Holy men fo Shiraz and Fārs
Saints hommes de Chiraz et du Fārs
Résumé
In Saints hommes de Chiraz et du Fārs, the author studies the spiritual as well the political role played by the Sufis shaykhs. From the tenth century onwards, Fārs was imbued by the power of the spirituality of Shaykh Kabīr in Shiraz and Murshid al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq in Kāzarūn. This research is based on hagiographic sources, historical chronicles, literary sources and archival documents. The author shows how the pre-islamic history of Fārs was integrated into spiritual Islam thanks to the mystical speculations of the Sufi shaykhs. The particular interest of this research is its contribution to the history of Lāristān, a region that has long remained terra incognita. Thanks to hagiographic manuscripts preserved in several private libraries, we discover the existence and the role of spiritual masters which have remained un explored.