Smith / Ernst Manifestations of Sainthood in Islam

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3370-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten

Reihe: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Grace Martin

Ernst, Carl W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- CONTENTS (page 7)
- PREFACE (page 11)
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (page 12)
- INTRODUCTION (page 13)
- Part One Veneration of the Saints (page 31)
- GRAVES,SHRINES AND POWER IN A HIGHLAND SUMATRAN SOCIETY (page 33)
- THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE DRAGON IN THE CULT OF THE SAINTS OF ISLAM (page 47)
- THE SACRED MUSIC OF THE AHL-I HAQQ AS A MEANS OF MYSTICAL TRANSMISSION (page 63)
- AN INDO-PERSIAN GUIDE TO SUFI SHRINE PILGRIMAGE (page 79)
- THE MODERN BUSINESSMAN AND THE PAKISTANI SAINT: THE INTERPENETRATION OF WORLDS (page 105)
- MUSIC,SAINTS, AND RITUAL: SAMA AND THE ALEVIS OF TURKEY (page 131)
- SAMA 'IN THE ROYAL COURT OF SAINTS: THE CHISHTIYYA OF SOUTH ASIA (page 147)
- REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERACTION OF SAINT AND SINGER IN EGYPTIAN DHIKR (page 165)
- Part Two Saints and the Political Order (page 181)
- THE MAN WITH TWO TOMBS: MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN,FOUNDER OF THE ALGERIAN RAHMANIYYA, CA.1715-1798 (page 183)
- THE POLITICAL LIVES OF AFGHAN SAINTS: THE CASE OF THE KABUL HAZRATS (page 207)
- SAINTHOOD AS MEANS OF SELF-DEFENSE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN ANATOLIA (page 229)
- DERVISH AND SULTAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE OTMAN BABA VILAYETNAMESI (page 245)
- SHAYKH UWAYS BIN MUHAMMAD AL-BARAWI,A TRADITIONAL SOMALI SUFI (page 261)
- KALENDERI DERVISHES AND OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATION FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURIES (page 275)
- Glossary and Index of Terms (page 293)
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX OF TERMS (page 295)
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS (page 305)
- INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES (page 309)
- CONTRIBUTORS (page 318)