Qalandar (title)
Topic: Religion
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Short description: Honorific denoting high spiritual rank
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Qalandar in Sufism is used as a title for some Sufis who are considered especially spiritual.[1] Some people for whom the title is used are Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, Shams Ali Qalandar, Rabia Basri, and Qalandar Baba Auliya. [2]
See also
References
- ↑ Baldick, Julian (2000) Mystical Islam: an introduction to Sufism Tauris Parke Paperbacks, London, p. 66, ISBN 1-86064-631-X
- ↑ Schimmel, Annemarie (1980) Islam in the Indian subcontinent E.J. Brill, Leiden, page 34, ISBN 90-04-06117-7
Sources
- Ewing, Katherine Pratt (1997). Arguing Sainthood: Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2026-6.
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