Baghdad during the time of ¿Abd al-Q¿dir al-J¿l¿n¿
Held, Pascal![Baghdad during the time of ¿Abd al-Q¿dir al-J¿l¿n¿](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/403/40389514/CHSBZCOP0340389514.jpg)
A study of the life and background of ¿Abd al-Q¿dir al-J¿l¿n¿, putative founder of the Q¿diriyya order, investigating the sources for his life and attributed works. The book seeks to elucidate the ideas of al-J¿l¿n¿, and to formulate a picture of the most prominent trends of pious and mystical thought in Baghdad during the twelfth century, providing a cultural and geographical angle to the study of Islamic mysticism and piety.