Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Seeds of Sufism Planted in Medieval Bulghãr and Saray 2. The Lipqa Tatara and Rabbinical Karaites of Poland, Lithuania and Belarus: A Legacy from the Age of the Khazars, the Qipchãq Turks and the Golden Horde and Examples of Inter-Faith Dialogue in Eastern European Society 3. The Influence of Sufism on the Cosmology, Literature and Popular Beliefs of the Lithuanian and Polish Tatars 4. The Sufi Presence in the Balkans 5. Aspects of Islamic Antinomianism, Heterodoxy and Persian Monsim in the Literature of the Muslim Communities of the Eastern Balkans 6. Popular Sufism in the Balkans: Sari Saltik in Albanian Lands and Demir Baba in the Deli Orman Region of Northern Bulgaria. Conclusion

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H T Norris