| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 534 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Islamic history and civilization,
0929-2403 ;
v. 74
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Islamic history and civilization ; v. 74.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English and Arabic. |
| Subject |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731 -- Correspondence.
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Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731. |
| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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| Subject |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731. |
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Sufis -- Syria -- Damascus -- Correspondence.
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Sufis. |
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Syria -- Damascus. |
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Muslim scholars -- Syria -- Damascus -- Correspondence.
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Muslim scholars. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Records and correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Nābulusī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʻīl, 1641-1731, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Akkach, Samer. Letters of a Sufi scholar. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004171022 (DLC) 2009023371 (OCoLC)398506334 |
| ISBN |
9789047424338 (electronic book) |
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9047424336 (electronic book) |
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1282602411 |
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9781282602410 |
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9789004171022 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004171029 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004171022.i-536 |
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