Enigmatic Saint
Ahmad Ibn Idris and the Idrisi Tradition
Will be published approx. on 18. October 1990
Book
Hardback
978-1-85065-087-4 (ISBN)
Description
The first biography in English of the 19th-century Moroccan mystic and teacher who spearheaded the Sufi revival in the Islamic world. Through his students and his writings, Ahmed Ibn Idris' influence is charted from Morocco to Malaysia, and from Yugoslavia south to Tanzania.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps, bibliography, indexes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85065-087-4 (9781850650874)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Neo-Sufism and Ibn Idris; the Moroccan years; the unknown years; the final years; the Idrisi tradition and the Idrisi family; al-Sanusi and al-Mirghani; Ibrahim al-Rashid and the Rashidi tradition; the Idrisi tradition; Ibn Idris, towards an intellectual portrait.