This book is a study of the concept ofwilÄyaand its developments among ShÄ«Ê-Ä« scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations ofwilÄyathrough the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn Ê-ArabÄ«'s mysticism, with regard to the conception ofwilÄya, on hisShÄ«Ê-asuccessors and expositors in later centuries. She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception ofwilÄyaover two hundred years, from the esoteric school ofShaykhÄ«smto the politicization ofwilÄyain the theory ofwilÄyat al-faqÄ«h. | The Conceptualization Of Guardianship In Iranian Intellectual History (1800-1989) by Leila Chamankhah, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters