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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ephrat, Daphna.

Series:

Medieval Islamicate World Series

ARC - Medieval Islamicate World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism.

Sufism--Syria--History--To 1500.

Syria.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

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 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.

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:

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 print version record.

ISBN:

1-64189-208-0

OCLC:

1248759279