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Sufi masters and the creation of saintly spheres in medieval Syria / by Daphna Ephrat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ephrat, Daphna, author.
- Series:
- Medieval Islamicate World Series
- Medieval Islamicate world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--Syria--History--To 1500.
- Sufism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Arc Humanities Press 2021
- Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Ephrat Daphna : Daphna Ephrat is professor of Islamic and Near Eastern history in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies at the Open University of Israel. She is the author of A Learned Society in a Period of Transition (2000) and Spiritual Wayfarers, Leaders in Piety (2008), and co-author of several volumes.
- Summary:
- This study explores the creation of saintly spheres in medieval Syrian landscapes surrounding Sufi masters and friends of God.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, NAMES, AND DATES
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE CHARISMATIC MASTERS IN THEIR LOCAL SETTINGS
- Chapter 1 PUTTING DOWN ROOTS
- Chapter 2 SOURCES AND DISPLAYS OF SPIRITUAL AND CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
- Chapter 3 SUSTAINMENT OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND LOYALTY: THE SHAYKH IN THE COMPANY OF HIS DISCIPLES
- Chapter 4 EXPANSION OF OPERATION: THE SHAYKH, THE PUBLIC SPHERE, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
- PART TWO EMPLACEMENTS OF AUTHORITY AND HOLINESS
- Chapter 5 THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPATIAL LAYOUT OF PHYSICAL SETTINGS
- Chapter 6 FROM DWELLING PLACES INTO SAINTLY DOMINIONS AND LOCAL SPACES
- Chapter 7 THE GRAVESITE AND THE NEW SACRED LANDSCAPE
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 6, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-64189-208-0
- OCLC:
- 1248759279
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