Sufi Mystics of the Niger Desert
H. T. (Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Norris
Oxford University Press, 1990
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A study of the life of Sidi Mahmud al-Baghdadi, who is believed to have introduced new doctrines of Oriental Sufism into the Air Massif during the 16th century. His teachings are still important for contemporary Islam in the Niger Republic which is a bridge between the Arab world and the Muslim states of the African Sahel.
- ISBN-13
- 9780198265382
- ISBN-10
- 0198265387
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1990
- Publication date
- 1990-09-06
- Pages
- 216
- Dimensions
- 243x163x17
- Weight
- 446