New evidence on the early life of Ibn al-Arabi.: An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society

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From the author: Fuat Sezgin's publication of the facsimile edition of a rare manuscript of the Qalaid al-juman fi faraid shuara hadha 'l-zaman (Frankfurt, 1990), an anthology and biographical dictionary of poets of the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century by Ibn al-Shaar al-Mawsili (d. 654/1256), offers an unexpected and revealing new perspective on the social background of the great Sufi theorist, Muhyi 'l-Din Ibn al-Arabi (d. 638/1240), in the Almohad jundiyah (professional army). It also features a firsthand account of the occasion on which the young Andalusian decisively entered the Sufi path. The new information should call into question a long-standing view of Ibn al-Arabi's family as "noble, rich and very religious."

Citation Details
Title: New evidence on the early life of Ibn al-Arabi.
Author: Gerald Elmore
Publication:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1997
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: v117 Issue: n2 Page: p347(3)

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