From Spain to Syria: what did al-Jilyānī bring with him?
Abū l-Faḍl ̔Abd al-Mun̔im b. ̔Umar al-Jilyānī, from Jilyāna near Guadix in southern Spain, was a physician, mystic and poet. He lived from 531/1136 to 602/1206. At a date, and for reasons unknown to his biographers, he migrated to Syria, and we also find him in Egypt. He never returned home, and di...
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Peeters Publishers
2019
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