Thus Spake the Dervish

Thus Spake the Dervish
Title Thus Spake the Dervish PDF eBook
Author Alexandre Papas
Publisher BRILL
Pages 240
Release 2019-06-24
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004402020

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Thus Spake the Dervish explores the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years. It draws on various sources (Persian chronicles and treatises, Turkic literature, Russian and French ethnography, the author’s fieldwork) to examine five successive cases, each of which corresponds to a time period, a specific socially marginal space, and a particular use of mystical language. Including an extensive selection of writings by dervishes, this book demonstrates the diversity and tenacity of Central Asian Sufism over a long period. Here translated into a Western language for the first time, the extracts from primary texts by marginal Sufis allow a rare insight into their world. The original French edition of this book, Ainsi parlait le dervice, was published by Editions du Cerf (Paris, France). Translated by Caroline Kraabel.

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review
Title The United States Magazine and Democratic Review PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 662
Release 1845
Genre United States
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The United States Democratic Review

The United States Democratic Review
Title The United States Democratic Review PDF eBook
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Pages 662
Release 1845
Genre United States
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Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840.

The U.S. Democratic Review

The U.S. Democratic Review
Title The U.S. Democratic Review PDF eBook
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Pages 654
Release 1845
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United States Magazine, and Democratic Review

United States Magazine, and Democratic Review
Title United States Magazine, and Democratic Review PDF eBook
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Pages 654
Release 1845
Genre United States
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Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door

Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door
Title Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door PDF eBook
Author Rudi Matthee
Publisher Hurst Publishers
Pages 524
Release 2023-04-20
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1805260693

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Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of alcohol consumption. In many Islamic countries, alcohol is banned; in others, it plays little role in social life. Yet, Muslims throughout history did drink, often to excess—whether sultans and shahs in their palaces, or commoners in taverns run by Jews or Christians. This evocative study delves into drinking’s many historic, literary and social manifestations in Islam, going beyond references to ‘hypocrisy’ or the temptations of ‘forbidden fruit’. Rudi Matthee argues that alcohol, through its ‘absence’ as much as its presence, takes us to the heart of Islam. Exploring the long history of this faith—from the eight-century Umayyad dynasty to Erdogan’s Turkey, and from Islamic Spain to modern Pakistan—he unearths a tradition of diversity and multiplicity in which Muslims drank, and found myriad excuses to do so. They celebrated wine and used it as a poetic metaphor, even viewing alcohol as a gift from God—the key to unlocking eternal truth. Drawing on a plethora of sources in multiple languages, Matthee presents Islam not as an austere and uncompromising faith, but as a set of beliefs and practices that embrace ambivalence, allowing for ambiguity and even contradiction.

Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace

Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace
Title Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace PDF eBook
Author Wilhelm Hauff
Publisher DigiCat
Pages 335
Release 2022-07-31
Genre Fiction
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace" by Wilhelm Hauff. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.