Manifestations of Sainthood in Islam /

Manifestations of Sainthood in Islam / / ed. by Grace Martin Smith, Carl W. Ernst.

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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
MitwirkendeR:
Bowen, John R.,
Clancy-Smith, Julia,
Daneshvari, Abbas,
During, Jean,
Edwards, David B.,
Ernst, Carl W.,
Ewing, Katherine P.,
Faroqhi, Suraiya,
Homerin, Th. Emil,
Inalcik, Halil,
Markoff, Irene,
Martin, B. G.,
Martin, Bradford G.,
Ocak, A. Yaşar,
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt,
Smith, Grace Martin,
Wade, Bonnie,
Waugh, Earle H.,
HerausgeberIn:
Ernst, Carl W.,
Smith, Grace Martin,
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

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