- Title Pages
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
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1 Etic Concepts and Emic Terms -
2 The State of the Art - Introduction
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3 From Karbala to Damascus: A Relic with Multiple Shrines -
4 The Commemoration of al-Husayn in Fatimid Ascalon -
5 Excursus: Donations to Mosques and Shrines -
6 Why Ascalon? Christian Martyrs and Muslim Murābiṭūn (Defenders) -
7 Excursus: Medieval Pilgrimage – Victor Turner’s Input -
8 From Ascalon to Cairo: The Duplication of Sacred Space -
9 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of Ascalon -
10 The Shrine in Cairo under the Sunni Ayyubids and Mamluks -
11 Excursus: al-Husayn and Saladin in Palestinian Lore -
12 The Shrine in Ascalon under the Ayyubids and Mamluks -
13 Excursus: Ibn Taymiyya on the Veneration of the Head of al-Husayn -
14 Summary - Introduction
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15 Rajab in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in Early Islam -
16 Excursus: The Founding of an Islamic Rajab Under Fatimid RuleLunar Calendar -
17 Rajab under Fatimid Rule -
18 Excursus: Istighfār (Seeking Divine Forgiveness) -
19 Rajab under the Ayyubids and Mamluks -
20 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of the Sacred Months -
21 Summary - Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Works Cited
- Index
Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Chapter:
- (p.227) Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Source:
- Sacred Place and Sacred Time in the Medieval Islamic Middle East
- Author(s):
Daniella Talmon-Heller
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter shifts from the 'microscopic' to the 'macroscopic' perspective, to make several observations on medieval Islamic constructions of the 'sacred'. It demonstrates similarities between the understanding of sacred place and time, points out the common vocabulary describing them, and lists the shared set of rites performed in them. Recurrent themes - such as references to the benevolent presence of angels, events of sacred history, the apparition of holy men, the remittance of sins, God's excessive mercy and baraka - are noted here. The chapter also summarizes the opinions of the Hanbali-Sunni Ibn Taymiyya and the Shiʿi Ibn Tawus on these beliefs and practices. Notwithstanding pious devotions, festivities associated with sacred times and places served also political ends, communal purposes, and the formation of identities.
Keywords: holy places, sacred times, sacred history, the 'invention of tradition', remittance of sins, Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Tawus, baraka, angels, wonders, festivities
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- Title Pages
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
-
1 Etic Concepts and Emic Terms -
2 The State of the Art - Introduction
-
3 From Karbala to Damascus: A Relic with Multiple Shrines -
4 The Commemoration of al-Husayn in Fatimid Ascalon -
5 Excursus: Donations to Mosques and Shrines -
6 Why Ascalon? Christian Martyrs and Muslim Murābiṭūn (Defenders) -
7 Excursus: Medieval Pilgrimage – Victor Turner’s Input -
8 From Ascalon to Cairo: The Duplication of Sacred Space -
9 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of Ascalon -
10 The Shrine in Cairo under the Sunni Ayyubids and Mamluks -
11 Excursus: al-Husayn and Saladin in Palestinian Lore -
12 The Shrine in Ascalon under the Ayyubids and Mamluks -
13 Excursus: Ibn Taymiyya on the Veneration of the Head of al-Husayn -
14 Summary - Introduction
-
15 Rajab in Pre-Islamic Arabia and in Early Islam -
16 Excursus: The Founding of an Islamic Rajab Under Fatimid RuleLunar Calendar -
17 Rajab under Fatimid Rule -
18 Excursus: Istighfār (Seeking Divine Forgiveness) -
19 Rajab under the Ayyubids and Mamluks -
20 Excursus: Arabic Treatises in Praise of the Sacred Months -
21 Summary - Final Comments: Spacial and Temporal Sanctity
- Works Cited
- Index
