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- Title
"Al-Ghazālĩ of al-Andalus": Ibn Barrajā n, Mahdism, and the Emergence of Learned Sufism on the Iberian Peninsula.
- Authors
BELLVER, JOSÉ
- Abstract
Although Ibn Barrajān (d. 536/1141) was one of the foremost Sufi masters in al-Andalus, he remains a controversial figure. He is mainly known for an accurate prediction of the Muslim capture of Jerusalem on 583/1187, for his close relationship with the other leading Andalusian Sufi master of his time, Ibn ... (d. 536/1141), and for his obscure death. Ibn Barrajan is not mentioned in Ibn Bashkuwāl's Şila--the main source for study of the Andalusian ulema of this time--and as a result has been taken to be an outsider among the Audalusian ulema, one who threatened the theological and political establishment. However, this image is distorted by the socio-political context of the time and by the pau-city of our references. The aim of this article is to shed light on the figure of Ibn Barrajān from a historical point of view so as to improve our understanding of the role played by Sufism in Mahdist movements and in the political changes in the Islamic West during the sixth/twelfth century.
- Subjects
SUFISM; ISLAMIC mysticism; IBN Barrajan, 'Abd al-Salam ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad, d. 1141; ULAMA; MAHDISM
- Publication
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2013, Vol 133, Issue 4, p659
- ISSN
0003-0279
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7817/jameroriesoci.133.4.0659