al-Baghdādī, Majd al-Dīn

E. Abuali

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Abstract

Abū Saʿīd Sharaf b. al-Muʾayyad b. Abī l-Fatḥ al-Baghdādī (565–616/1170–1219), known as Majd al-Dīn al-Baghdādī, was a Ṣūfī shaykh (master). He was an important figure in the Kubrawī school of Ṣūfism (originated in the sixth/twelfth century with Najm al-Dīn Kubrā, d. 618/1221), which produced many influential Ṣūfīs in Iran and Central Asia and functioned as an order until the eleventh/seventeenth century. Al-Baghdādī issued ijāzas (licences) to transmit and teach Ṣūfism to some of the most prominent Kubrawīs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopaedia of Islam
Editors Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer
Place of PublicationNetherlands
PublisherBrill
Pages11-13
Number of pages3
Edition3
ISBN (Print)9789004386662
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameEncyclopaedia of Islam

Keywords

  • Sufism
  • Iran
  • Central Asia
  • Medieval
  • Mysticism

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