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" Khānaqāh - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Papas, Alexandre
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English
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1062476
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ALei2873
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Papas, Alexandre
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Khānaqāh - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Papas, Alexandre
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(3,986 words)
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Khānaqāh (or khānqāh ) is a Persian word for the place where Muslim mystics gather. It was, and still is, used mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, western China, and the Indian subcontinent. Other terms were more common elsewhere, such as zāwiya in Arab lands, Africa, and Indonesia, and tekke in Turkey and the Balkans. All these terms are often interchangeable. Usually translated as “Ṣūfī lodge” (rather than “convent”) in English, the khānaqāh is a room or an establishment where Ṣūfīs assemble around a spiritual master to perform rituals (often by
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Islam.
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ALei2873.pdf
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