Words of Power Hurufi Teachings between Shiism and Sufism in Medieval Islam The Jawidannamayi kabir Great Book of Eternity was the magnum opus of Fadl Allah Astarabadi d 7961394 and provided the basis of the Hurufi movement Today it is one of the most important known texts belonging to the mystical and messianic current that became particularly active in Iran and Anatolia following the Mongol rule It illuminates the contemporary reconfiguration of religious and political authority along messianic and charismatic lines that took place in the Islamic East which arguably contributed to the rise and consolidation of the Ottoman Safawid and Mughal dynasties Words of Power is the first comprehensive study of Fadl Allahs seminal work Orkhan MirKasimov summarises Fadl Allahs biography charts the history of the Hurufi movement contextualises the Jawidannama within Islamic intellectual history and considers its lasting impact in the Muslim worldBloomsbury publishing Source Publisher