ISBN:
9780195384321
,
0195384326
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 331 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Seesemann, Rüdiger The divine flood
DDC:
297.4/8
Keywords:
Iniyās, Ibrāhīm
;
Tijānīyah History
;
Tijānīyah members Biography
;
Sufism History
;
Islamic learning and scholarship
;
Islam
;
Iniyās, Ibrāhīm
;
Tijānīyah
;
Africa, West
;
History
;
Tijānīyah members
;
Biography
;
Sufism
;
Africa, West
;
History
;
Senegal
;
Sufismus
Description / Table of Contents:
"A flood shall come upon my companions" -- Studying Sufism in context -- Beginnings: Ibrahim Niasse and the advent of the flood -- Spiritual training: the way to mystical knowledge -- Seeing God: the nascent community -- Crossing borders: expansion in Senegal and beyond -- "The supreme saint of his time": a prophecy fulfilled -- After the flood.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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