Previous page | New search |
The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Encounters with a Saint' Al-Majdhub, al-Mirghani and Ibn Idris as Seen through the Eyes of Ibrahim al-Rashid |
Author: | Hofheinz, Albrecht |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | Sudanic Africa |
Volume: | 1 |
Pages: | 19-59 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | marabouts Sufism Arabic language literature biographies (form) Religion and Witchcraft History and Exploration |
About person: | Al-Majdhub b. Qamar al-Din |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653175 |
Abstract: | The brief treatise published here is a peculiar and interesting example of 'manaqib', a popular genre in Sufi literature which usually describes the spiritual biography of a 'wali', a 'friend of God', who has been endowed with extraordinary capabilities. The 'wali' whose exploits are described here is al-Majdhub b. Qamar al-Din (1796-1831), who left his native al-Matamma in 1821 to follow Mu.hammad 'Uthman al-Mirghani (1793-1852) to the .Hijaz. Differences between the two led them to separate on the way and al-Majdhub continued his journey alone. In Mecca, he contacted A.hmad ibn Idris (c. 1750-1837), who was to have a decisive influence on him. After long years in the .Hijaz, al-Majdhub returned to the Sudan, to the town of Sawakin, where he attracted a large number of the inhabitants to his teachings. The ten stories related here are reported by Ibrahim al-Rashid (1813-1874), a student of Ibn Idris. The Arabic text of the stories is presented as well as an English translation. Notes, ref. |