The Exoteric Aḥmad Ibn Idrīs : A Sufi's Critique on the Madhāhib and the Wahhābīs /

The Moroccan mystic and theologian Aḥmad b. Idrīs (1749-1837) was one of the most dynamic personalities in the Islamic world of the 19th century. Through his teachings and the activity of his students important Sufi orders were founded which exerted wide-ranging social and political influence, order...

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Main Authors: Vikør, Knut (Author), O'Fahey, R.S. (Author), O'Kane, Bernard (Author), Radtke, Bernd (Author)

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Language: English
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Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2000.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Islamic History and Civilization ; 31.

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Call Number: BP188.9

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