Manifestations of Sainthood in Islam / / ed. by Grace Martin Smith, Carl W. Ernst.
This collection of papers by various scholars discusses a wide range of practices and beliefs relating to saints in Islam. The studies also demonstrate the influence of sainthood on political structures in many societies.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One. Veneration of the Saints -- GRAVES, SHRINES AND POWER IN A HIGHLAND SUMATRAN SOCIETY -- THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE DRAGON IN THE CULT OF THE SAINTS OF ISLAM -- THE SACRED MUSIC OF THE AHL-IHAQQ AS A MEANS OF MYSTICAL TRANSMISSION -- AN INDO-PERSIAN GUIDE TO SUFI SHRINE PILGRIMAGE -- THE MODERN BUSINESSMAN AND THE PAKISTANI SAINT: THE INTERPENETRATION OF WORLDS -- 'UMAR LBN AL-FARID, A SAINT OF MAMLUK AND OTTOMAN EGYPT -- MUSIC, SAINTS, AND RITUAL: SAM A' AND THE ALEVIS OF TURKEY -- SAMA' IN THE ROYAL COURT OF SAINTS: THE CHISHTIYYA OF SOUTH ASIA -- REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERACTION OF SAINT AND SINGER IN EGYPTIAN DHIKR -- Part Two. Saints and the Political Order -- THE MAN WITH TWO TOMBS: MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN, FOUNDER OF THE ALGERIAN RAHMANIYYA, CA. 1715-1798 -- THE POLITICAL LIVES OF AFGHAN SAINTS: THE CASE OF THE KABUL HAZRATS -- SAINTHOOD AS MEANS OF SELF-DEFENSE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN ANATOLIA -- DERVISH AND SULTAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE OTMAN BAB A VILAYETNAMESI -- SHAYKH UWAYS BIN MUHAMMAD AL-BARAWI. A TRADITIONAL SOMALI SUFI -- KALENDERI DERVISHES AND OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATION FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURIES -- Glossary and Index of Terms -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES -- CONTRIBUTORS |
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Summary: | This collection of papers by various scholars discusses a wide range of practices and beliefs relating to saints in Islam. The studies also demonstrate the influence of sainthood on political structures in many societies. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463233709 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463233709 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Grace Martin Smith, Carl W. Ernst. |