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Cities and saints : Sufism and the transformation of urban space in medieval Anatolia
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Cities and saints : Sufism and the transformation of urban space in medieval Anatolia

Author: Ethel Sara Wolper
Publisher: University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, 2003.
Series: Buildings, landscapes, and societies, 3.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"In recent years, Sufism has become all but synonymous with the mystic poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273) and the ritual "whirling" of dervishes from Turkey. This branch of Islam does, however, have a long, complex history, and spiritual retreat was only one aspect of its significance. In medieval Anatolia, Cities and Saints contends, Sufis made alliances that gave dervish lodges powers so vast that they were able  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ethel Sara Wolper
ISBN: 0271022566 9780271022567
OCLC Number: 51817262
Description: xviii, 134 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: Buildings and Religious Authority in Medieval Anatolia --
Visual Authority and Sufi Sanctification: Negotiating Elite Survival After the Mongol Conquest --
The Patron and the Sufi: Mediating Religious Authority Through Dervish Lodges --
Dervish Lodges and Urban Spaces: Sivas, Tokat, and Amasya --
Dervish Lodges and the Transformation of City Spaces --
City Streets and Dervish Lodges: Constructing Spiritual Authority in Sivas, Tokat, and Amasya --
Audiences and Dervish Lodges: Proclamations and Interpretations --
Dervish Lodges and the Transformation of Resident Populations: Christians, Craftsmen, and Akhis --
Women as Guarantors of Familial Lines: Dervish Lodges and Gender Representation in Pre-Ottoman Anatolia --
Islamization and Building Conversion: Epic Heroes After the Baba Rasul Revolt.
Series Title: Buildings, landscapes, and societies, 3.
Other Titles: Sufism and the transformation of urban space in medieval Anatolia
Responsibility: Ethel Sara Wolper.

Abstract:

"In recent years, Sufism has become all but synonymous with the mystic poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273) and the ritual "whirling" of dervishes from Turkey. This branch of Islam does, however, have a long, complex history, and spiritual retreat was only one aspect of its significance. In medieval Anatolia, Cities and Saints contends, Sufis made alliances that gave dervish lodges powers so vast that they were able to alter the layout of cities and serve as the means of forging new social bonds. Through close examination of the design and function of medieval Sufi buildings in several Anatolian cities, Ethel Sara Wolper shows that dervish lodges became sites where a new ruling elite promoted the cult of Sufi saints. Wolper's discussion, enriched by the use of a wide range of primary sources, goes on to chart the role Sufis and their patrons played in the establishment of a new urban order anchored in dervish lodges built near city gates, markets, and along major thoroughfares. Highly original, Cities and Saints unites architectural history with the study of urban space and the spread of Islam."

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