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Cities and Saints: Sufism and the Transformation of Urban Space in Medieval Anatolia

Cities and Saints: Sufism and the Transformation of Urban Space in Medieval Anatolia

Wolper, Ethel Sara

Hardcover

Series: Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies, Book 3

IslamGeneral ArchitectureArchitecture History

ISBN10: 0271022566
ISBN13: 9780271022567
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Dec 2 2003
Pages: 152
Weight: 2.01
Height: 0.69 Width: 9.26 Depth: 10.24
Language: English

In recent years, Sufism has become all but synonymous with the mystic poetry of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 1273) and the ritual whirling of dervishes from Turkey. This branch of Islam does, however, have a long, complex history, and spiritual retreat was only one aspect of its significance. In medieval Anatolia, Cities and Saints contends, Sufis made alliances that gave dervish lodges powers so vast that they were able to alter the layout of cities and serve as the means of forging new social bonds.

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