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Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-Century Networks of the Holy

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Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-Century Networks of the Holy - Pantic, Nikola
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This book analyzes thaumaturgical beliefs and practices prevalent among Muslims in eighteenth-century Ottoman Syria. The study focuses on historical beliefs in baraka, which religious authorities often interpreted as Allah's grace, and the alleged Sufi-ulamaic role in distributing it to Ottoman subjects.

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Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-Century Networks of the Holy 2023, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781032497976

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