Ibn ʿArūs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ibn ʿArūs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Kerrou, Mohamed

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062161
Doc. NO	:	ALei2558
Main Entry	:	Kerrou, Mohamed
Title & Author	:	Ibn ʿArūs - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Kerrou, Mohamed
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,278 words)
Abstract	:	Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn ʿArūs (d. 868/1463), also known as Sidi ben Arous, was a saintly late-mediaeval miracle worker. He is famous for his eccentricities and for the spatial and religious centrality of his mausoleum in the city of Tunis. Thanks to his miraculous acts, his popularity, and the support he received from the Ḥafṣid sultans (r. 627–982/1229–1574 in Tunisia and eastern Algeria), he was considered the patron saint (sulṭān al-madīna) of Tunis, according to the only hagiographic narrative dedicated to him, by
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2558.pdf