Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres in Medieval Syria

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1. Table of contents
2. Illustrations
3. Acknowledgements
4. A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Dates
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1. Chapter 1. Putting Down Roots
2. 1. Piety, Asceticism, and Marvels on the Road to Sanctity
  2. Connection to the Prophet: Spiritual Chains, Dreams, and Visions
3. 1. Venerated Masters of the Path
  2. Sainty Authority Sustained: The Master-Disciple Tie
4. 1. Arbiters of Normative Praxis and Disseminators of True Religion
  2. The Story of the Christian from the Village of al-Ras (in the Beqaa Valley)
  3. Patron Saints and Communal Leaders
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1. 1. A View from Damascus
  2. A View from Aleppo
2. 1. The Lodge as a Space of Spiritual and Social Domination
  2. The Emergence of the Lodge as a Local Space
3. 1. The Burial Place
  2. Sacralization and Perpetuation
4. Conclusion
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IndexPages 147 - 156 Download chapter (PDF)

from the series "Medieval Islamicate World"

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Michael Ehrlich