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Baghdad during the time of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī /

Held, Pascal

Baghdad during the time of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī / Pascal Held. - 1 online resource (284 p.) - Islamic History and Thought ; 29 .

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. AN ATTEMPT AT RECONSTRUCTING ʿABD AL-QĀDIR AL-JĪLĀNĪ’S LIFE -- CHAPTER 2. INNER PURITY AND DESIRING GOD -- CHAPTER 3. INNER STRENGTH -- CHAPTER 4. SURRENDER AND REVIVAL -- CHAPTER 5. RETURN -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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A study of the life and background of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, putative founder of the Qādiriyya order, investigating the sources for his life and attributed works. The book seeks to elucidate the ideas of al-Jīlānī, and to formulate a picture of the most prominent trends of pious and mystical thought in Baghdad during the twelfth century, providing a cultural and geographical angle to the study of Islamic mysticism and piety.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781463244385 9781463244392

10.31826/9781463244392 doi


Qādirīyah members--Biography.
Qādirīyah--History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.

BP189.7.Q32 / H45 2022

297.4/8