The Darvishes: Or Oriental SpiritualismFirst published in 1968 |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 49 |
CHAPTER III | 81 |
CHAPTER IV | 96 |
Sacred Books and the Creation of ManThe Aulia or Saints 117122 | 117 |
CHAPTER VI | 123 |
CHAPTER VII | 162 |
The BaqtashisTheir CostumeTheir Twelve ImamsThe | 224 |
CHAPTER XII | 300 |
Mussulman Saints 301322 | 301 |
CHAPTER XIV | 323 |
CHAPTER XV | 348 |
CHAPTER XVI | 375 |
CHAPTER XVII | 388 |
Some Problems in Naqshbandl History 435446 | 435 |
Notes on some of the Islamic Orders 447458 | 447 |
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Abd-ul-Qadir Abdal Abdullah Abraham Abu Bakr Abu'l Ahmad Allah Amir angel appears Arabic Ardabil Baba Babur Baghdad Bayazid Bektash believe blessed Prophet Bukhara buried Caliph called chapter Christian commanded Constantinople convent Creator Darvish Orders Darvishes death Deity descended devotion died disciple Divine doctrine Effendi Evliya existence faith Fatima founder Gulshani Haji Baqtash hand Hasan Hasluck heart heaven holy Hurufi Husain Ibrahim Imam infra Ishaq Islam Isma'il Jalal-ud-Din Janissaries Khalwati Khwaja latter Makka Maulavis means Mirza Moslem mosque Muhammad murid murshid Mussulmans mystical Naqshbandls OdOD original Ottoman Pasha path Persian person pious possessed prayers Qadiris Qalandar Qonia Quran Qurdn recite Redhouse religion religious Rifa'is Sa'id saint Saiyid Samarqand says Scutari sect Shaikh signifies soul spiritual stone Sufi Sultan Takia-sl tarks Thee Thou tomb tradition turban Turk Turkish verse whilst word zikr