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Ṣūfī mystics of the Niger desert : Sīdī Maḥmūd and the hermits of Aïr /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norris, H. T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Maḥmūd, > al-Baghdādī, > active 16th century.
Mahmūd, > al-Baghdādi, > 16e siècle.
Maḥmūd al-Baġdādī
Sufis > Niger > Biography.
Soufis > Niger > Biographies.
Sufis.
Niger.
Sufismus
Geschichte
Aïr > Gebirge
Niger
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Islam.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 180 pages, 26 pages of plates) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191682889
0191682888