Note on Transliteration Acknowledgmentsix
1Navigating the Past: Sufi Strategies of State Alignment, Contestation and Strategic Distance
2Navigating Insecurity: Mullahs and Sufi Lodges
3Navigating the Interior: Sufi Poetry as Islamic Education and Heritage
4Gendered Navigation: Equality in Difference
5Navigating the Divine through Dreams
Conclusion and Epilogue on Transitions