“Al-Ghazālī of al-Andalus”: Ibn Barrajān, Mahdism, and the emergence of learned Sufism on the Iberian Peninsula
While preparing the introduction to a paper on Ibn Barrajān’s prediction of the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in which I intended to summarize the biography of this Andalusian Sufi master from the Almoravid period, I could not help feeling that our historical view of him—as a rebellious Mahdist leader...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/379369 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/379369 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sufismo Al-Andalus Ibn Barraŷān, ʻAbd al-Salām b. ʻAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad Sufism |
| Sumario: | While preparing the introduction to a paper on Ibn Barrajān’s prediction of the Muslim capture of Jerusalem in which I intended to summarize the biography of this Andalusian Sufi master from the Almoravid period, I could not help feeling that our historical view of him—as a rebellious Mahdist leader who challenged the political authority of the Almoravids—was at odds with the quietist and pious Sufi that resonates in his works. The aim of this article is thus to reconsider the historical data we have about Ibn Barrajān (d. 536/1141), one of the foremost Sufis on the Iberian peninsula, whose volume and range of works ensured that he was known in his day already as “al-Ghazālī of al-Andalus.” Today, however, he remains a little-known, controversial figure whose writings have yet to be studied in depth. |
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