Popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325This book is the first systematic investigation of how and why Sufism became extraordinarily popular across Egypt in the 12th - 14th centuries. |
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The Popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325 Nathan Hofer No preview available - 2015 |
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Abū actually al-Dīn Al-Iskandarī al-Maqrīzī al-Shādhili Alexandria argues arīqa authority Ayyubid became become Cairo centre century chapter Chief Sufi Christian claims clear collective communal connected constituted construction context culture describe detail devotions Dīn disciples early Egyptian elite emergence example fact Fatimid given Gril Íabbāgh Ibn al Ibn Nūª Ibn Taymīya identity important individuals institutionalised institutions interests Iskandarī Islam juridical jurists khānqāh kind known linked lived madrasa Mamluk masters means medieval mentions miracles Mursī Muslim Mysticism notes organised originally particular performance period person political popular popular culture popularisation position practice production promoting prophetic records references region reports representative rule rulers saints Saladin Saʿīd scholars Shādhilī shaykh social sources specific sponsored structure Sufism sultans Sunni Suʿadāʾ tion took tradition travelled turn Upper Egypt writes