Title Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres in Medieval Syria / Daphna Ephrat.

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Description	1 online resource (163 pages).
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Series	ARC - Medieval Islamicate World
Summary	This study explores the creation of saintly spheres surrounding Sufi masters who functioned as embodiments of Islamic sainthood and imprinted their tangible mark on the land. Situated in the Syrian milieu of the counter-crusader period that was marked by intense religious excitement and re-sanctification of the landscape, the study centres on the role of Sufi saints as revivers of the prophetic legacy and as patrons of fellow believers, and their association with the glorious history of ancient Syrian cities and the expanding sacred landscape. Based upon a variety of literary sources, including hitherto unexplored saintly vitas, the investigation aims to contribute to an understanding of the process through which the religious and charismatic leadership of the venerated shaykhs was sustained and diffused, and their holiness emplaced and commemorated.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Sufism -- Syria -- History -- To 1500.
	Sufism. (OCoLC)fst01137257
	Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
	HISTORY / Middle East / General.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: 9781641892087

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