Chapter
Syncretism: Isma'ili Multan and Sind
The Buwayhids and Twelver Shi'ism
Fatimid and Buwayhid relations
The Hamdanids and Qarmatis
The resurgence of Sunnism under the Ghaznawids
Shi'ism underground: The Seljuqs, Nizari Isma'ilism and Alamut
CHAPTER One: The Suhrawardi Order
Isma'ilism and the Suhrawardi Sufi Order
The Suhrawardi Order in Multan: An overview of religious and political conditions
The role of Baha al-din Zakiriyya in politics
Zakiriyya, the post Mu'izz al-din Ghorid principalities, and Isma'ili activity
Zakiriyya’s wealth and prestige
Plausible sources of wealth
Zakiriyya’s death and legacy
Sadr al-din 'Arif ’s conflict with state authorities
Zakiriyya’s religious affiliations with heterodox Islam
The origins and religious characteristics of the medieval qalandars
Shahbaz Qalandar and Shi'ism
Zakiriyya’s theological connection to the Ja'fari fiqh
Rukn-e-'Alam’s conflict with local authorities
Muhammad Tughluq’s control over the Suhrawardi Order
The demise of the Suhrawardi Order in Multan under the Tughluqs
Dispelling anecdotes about Uch
The faulty periodisation of Pir Shams
The itinerary of Shams’s arrival in Multan
Power relations in Multan and Uch at the time of Shams’s arrival
Shams and local folklore: Uch
The correct chronology of Shams’s movements between Multan and Uch
The river and the arrival from Uch
The Shams ta'ziya: An Isma'ili icon in the spiritual legacy of the Suhrawardi Order in Uch
The religious ceremonial of Shams’s shrine
The Punjabi calendar and the Shamsis
Chetir and Chaharshamba-yi Suri
The biography of Sakhi Sarwar
CHAPTER Three: The Suhrawardi Order in Uch
Surkhposh in Uch’s folkore: Myths and reality
Samaiya and the Buddhist queen
Surkhposh’s Twelver background and a change in personality
Confusion with his grandson’s personality
Surkhposh’s connections to the Chetir ceremony
Jahangasht’s conflict with the Tughluq dynasty
The shared title with Surkhposh and early life
Jahangasht’s Shi'a tendencies
Sadr al-din Rajjan Qattal (Sayyid Raju)
The Jalali Dervishes: Connections to Isma'ilism
Shams’s descendants in Uch
Metaphysical tendencies and the Satpanth
CHAPTER Four: The Wilayat of 'Ali in Twelver Shi'ism, Sufism and the Religion of the Medieval Isma'ilis
The concept of wilayat in Shi'ism and Sufism
Ghadir Khumm, Nawruz, wilayat and Majlisi
Nawruz and 'Umar Khayyam’s Jalali calendar
Ghadir Khumm, the concept of wilayat in Sufism, and Islamic Scripture
Application of the dhikr formula to the Nad-e-'Ali and the Ayat al-Kursi
Ghadir Khumm and architecture: The representation of the wilayat of 'Ali through Mars in Fatimid Cairo
The wilayat of 'Ali as a building: The case of Shah Rukn-e-'Alam
Nawruz and the Bibi Jaiwandi monument complex
Representation of multiple religious identities in Uch: Connections with the Isma'ili Satpanth
The exaltation of the Soul of God in Suhrawardi doctrine: The Crucifixion on Easter Sunday in Farvardin
Entrance and axiality in orthodox Islamic burial: The qibla (Mecca) direction
Origins of the archetypical monument
Pir Shams’s lodges: The beginning of the Suhrawardi khanqah archetype
Isma'ili and Suhrawardi monuments exhibiting the Suhrawardi archetypical arrangement
Shah Rukn-e-'Alam: History, construction and myths
The plan and the Suhrawardi archetype
Unorthodox elements: Ground floor
Secondary qibla markers in the zone of transition
The mihrab: From the exterior
The ten magical inscriptions on the interior
Unorthodox symbols on the second storey
CHAPTER Six: The Da'wa and Suhrawardi Monuments at Uch
Hasan Kabir al-din and the Suhrawardi Order
A note on the shrine of Hasan Kabir al-din
The da'wa after Hasan Kabir al-din
The Surkhposh khanqah and adjoining monuments: Burial history and construction
The Surkhposh mosque and the chillah rooms
The Surkhposh khanqah as a node for the derivation of sacred geometry
The Jahangasht and Sayyid Raju khanqahs
The Bibi Jaiwandi pentagram complex
The Bibi Jaiwandi complex: Construction history and myths
Site measurements for the pentagram complex
Similarity between hidden Shi'a symbolism at the Bibi Jaiwandi complex and Rukn-e-'Alam
Multi-faith symbolism on the Bibi Jaiwandi monuments
The burial symbolism of five traditions
Conclusion: Suhrawardi pluralism as architecture
One of the seven Uchs: Lal Mohra
Reassessment of the da'wa and latter day contributions: The monument of Sultan 'Ali Akbar
The complete Suhrawardi archetype
Decorative parallels in 'Ali Akbar and Fatehpur Sikri
The trishul of 'Ali Akbar
The Mecca orientation of the monument of 'Ali Akbar’s mother and the monument of Pir 'Adil
The monument of Pir 'Adil
The Chetir ceremony and Pir Shams’s model of the universe
The universal wilayat of 'Ali, 'Alid Sufism and architecture
The Suhrawardi archetypical monument
The role of the wilayat of 'Ali and Nawruz in understanding 'Alid Sufism and Shi'ism further
Original Ginans and Reprints
Articles and Research Papers
Website Sources and Online Books
Constructing Islam on the Indus
：The Material History of the Suhrawardi Sufi Order, 1200–1500 AD
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