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Ṣūfī mystics of the Niger desert : Sīdī Maḥmūd and the hermits of Aïr
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norris, H. T., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufis--Biography--Niger.
- Sufis.
- Maḥmūd, al-Baghdādī, active 16th century.
- Maḥmūd.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 180 p., 26 p. of plates) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines the evidence that exists in the Niger Republic, and in the adjacent regions of Saharan and non-Saharan Africa, about the life of Sidi Mahmud al-Baghdadi, who, it is believed, introduced new doctrines of Oriental Sufism into the Air Massif during the 16th century.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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