Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 534 pages) : map |
Series |
Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; v. 74 |
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Islamic history and civilization ; v. 74.
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Contents |
Introduction: ʻAbd al-Ghanī and the culture of correspondence -- The intellectual milieu -- The letters of the Wasā'il -- List and description -- Places, towns, and correspondents -- Map of the Eastern Ottoman Provinces -- Content and significance -- On understanding Islam: letter 1 -- On struggle (jihād): letter 3 -- On causality: letter 4 -- On solitude: letters 6 and 10 -- On quick-passing thoughts (khawāṭir): letter 14 -- On smoking: letter 25 -- On cosmogony and the unity of being: letters 61 and 62 -- On piety, spirituality, and ethics: all letters |
Summary |
For the first time, this book presents the original Arabic texts of a ̃Abd al-GhanA al-NAbulusAa (TM)s letters, along with selected translations and fresh insights into the culture of correspondence, postal history, and main theological debates in the early modern period of Islam |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Text in English and Arabic |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731 -- Correspondence
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SUBJECT |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731 fast |
Subject |
Sufis -- Syria -- Damascus -- Correspondence
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Muslim scholars -- Syria -- Damascus -- Correspondence
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Sufi.
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Muslim scholars
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Sufis
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Syria -- Damascus
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Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731, author.
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LC no. |
2009023371 |
ISBN |
9789047424338 |
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9047424336 |
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1282602411 |
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9781282602410 |
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9786612602412 |
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6612602414 |
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