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"Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son Sīdi Muḥammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marcus-Sells, Ariela, 1985- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Colección:Magic in history.
Temas:
Kuntī, Muḥammad bin al-Mukhtār, > 1765-1826.
Kuntī, al-Mukhtār ibn Aḥmad, > 1729 or 1730-1811.
Sufism > Sahara > History.
Islamic magic > Sahara > History.
Soufisme > Sahara > Histoire.
Magie islamique > Sahara > Histoire.
HISTORY / Africa / West.
Sufism.
Islamic magic.
Sahara.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sīdi al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī (d. 1811) and his son Sīdi Muḥammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271093079
0271093072
9780271093062
0271093064

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