Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen (Library of Middle East History)

by Muhammad Ali Aziz (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $199.43

  Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwan lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. This title presents a portrait of Ibn 'Alwan, delineating the religious and political background in Yemen, the development of Sufi orders, and the impact of Ibn 'Alwan on the history of Sufism and Islam.