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Intimate Invocations
Al-GhazzÄ«'s Biography of 'Abd al-GhanÄ« al-NÄbulusÄ« (1641-1731)
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 92
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Despite the growing interest in the intellectual history of early modern Arabs and Ottomans, many key figures of the period remain unknown. In this unique biographical account, edited and published here for the first time, Muḥammad KamÄl al-DÄ«n al-GhazzÄ« (1760-1799), the chief Shafiâi jurisconcult of Damascus, introduces us to one of the leading figures of early modernity, âAbd al-GhanÄ« al-NÄbulusÄ« (1641-1731). Being al-NÄbulusÄ«âs great grandson, al-GhazzÄ« had direct access to the familyâs collective memory through his parents and grandparents, as well as to his great grandfatherâs scattered memoirs. Written about fifty years after al-NÄbulusÄ«âs death, al-GhazzÄ«âs biography, al-Wird al-UnsÄ«, remains the authoritative account of the great masterâs distinguished career, covering many aspects of his life and work in breadth, depth, and sophistication unmatched by any of the competing biographies.
Samer Akkach, PhD (1992) in Architecture, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor in Architectural History and Theory and Founding Director of the Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture at Adelaide University. His major works include Letters of a Sufi Scholar, âAbd al-GhanÄ« al-NÄbulusÄ«, and Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Note on the manuscripts
Introduction: KarÄmÄt al-AwliyÄâ: Religious Rationalism and the Nature of Sainthood
Selected bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Note on the manuscripts
Introduction: KarÄmÄt al-AwliyÄâ: Religious Rationalism and the Nature of Sainthood
Selected bibliography
Index
All those interested in the intellectual history of Islam, early modern history, Middle Eastern history, Arab-Ottoman history, intellectual history of Bilad al-Sham, history of Sufism, Sufism in early modern Damascus, Ibn âArabÄ«âs Sufism, and life and work of al-NaÄbulusÄ«.