Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres in Medieval Syria
This book explores the lives of Sufi masters who functioned as embodiments of Islamic sainthood and left a lasting mark on the land. These figures lived in the ancient cities of Syria and their surrounding towns and villages during a formative period in the social history of Syrian Sufism and the sp...
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Main Author: | Ephrat, Daphna (auth) |
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Format: | Book Chapter |
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Arc Humanities Press
2021
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