Title: Ṣūfī mystics of the Niger desert
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.
Subjects: Biography, Sufis, Sufism, Soufis, Biographies, Sufismus, Geschichte
Places: Niger
People: Maḥmūd al-Baghdādī (16th cent)