Close Encounters of the Sufi Kind

In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in thi...

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Published in:Journal of Sufi studies
Main Author: Homerin, Th. Emil 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-132
Further subjects:B Aḥmad Ibn Khallikān al-Ḥarām al-Sharīf Hajj ikhwāniyyāt Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ khirqah Mecca Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī Sufism ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī
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