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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Table of Contents:
- 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