Ṣūfī mystics of the Niger desert
Subtitle: Sīdī Maḥmūd and the hermits of Aïr
By: H.T. Norris.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Maḥmūd, al-Baghdādī, 16th cent.; Sufis -- Niger -- Biography.
Description: This study examines the evidence that exists in the Niger Republic, and in the adjacent regions of Saharan and non-Saharan Africa, about the life of Sidi Mahmud al-Baghdadi, who, it is believed, introduced new doctrines of Oriental Sufism into the Air Massif during the 16th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and indexes.