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1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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The magic in history series |
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Magic in history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The visible world -- The realms of the unseen -- The sciences of the unseen -- Bridging the worlds in prayer. |
| Summary |
"Examines the works of two Sufi Muslim scholars, Sdi al-Mukhtr al-Kunt (d. 1811) and his son Sdi Muammad (d. 1826), focusing on their cosmology and metaphysics of the realm of the unseen, in relation to the history of magical discourses within the Hellenistic and Arabo-Islamic worlds"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed April 21, 2022). |
| Subject |
Kunt, Muammad bin al-Mukhtr, 1765-1826.
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Kunt, al-Mukhtr ibn Amad, 1729 or 1730-1811.
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Kunt, Muammad bin al-Mukhtr, 1765-1826.
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Kunt, al-Mukhtr ibn Amad, 1729 or 1730-1811.
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Kunt, al-Mukhtr ibn Amad, 1729 or 1730-1811
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Sufism -- Sahara -- History.
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Islamic magic -- Sahara -- History.
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Soufisme -- Sahara -- Histoire.
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Magie islamique -- Sahara -- Histoire.
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HISTORY / Africa / West.
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Sufism
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Islamic magic
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Sahara
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marcus-Sells, Ariela, 1985- Sorcery or science? University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022] 9780271092294 (DLC) 2021054031 (OCoLC)1274198769 |
| ISBN |
9780271093079 (electronic bk.) |
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0271093072 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271093062 (electronic bk.) |
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0271093064 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271092294 (cloth) |
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0271092297 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000071579139 |
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