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Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili

Died: 656 AH (1258)
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Founder of the Shadhiliyya order, born in the Ghumara region of northern Morocco (593/1196), one of the most influential masters of Islamic Sufism, a sharif of Hasani-Idrisi descent. He taught in Tunis and Alexandria, and died at Humaithra in Egypt's Red Sea desert while on pilgrimage. His tomb stands in the desert within a large mausoleum-mosque complex, a major pilgrimage site. (Sources: TDV 'Şâzelî'; Wikipedia.)

Sources

  1. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 38, pp. 385-387, entry “Şâzelî”

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