Part 1 Thought: the mysteries of Islam; foreign influences and recurring Isma'ili motifs in the Rasa'il of the brethren of purity; the neoplatonic substrate of Suhrawardi's philosophy of illumination - Falsafa as Tasawwuf; theophany as paradox - Ibn al-'Arabi's account of al-Khadir in his Fusus al-Hikam; the breath of Felicity - Adab, Ahwal of Maqamat and Abu Najib al-Suhrawardi. Part 2 Travel: Ibn Jubayr - penitent pilgrim and observant traveller; myth, miracle and magic in the Rihla of Ibn Battuta; Arabia and the pilgrim paradigm of Ibn Battuta - a Braudelian approach; basic structures and sign of alienation in the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr; tourist Adab and Cairene architecture - the medieval paradigm of Ibn Jubayr and Ibn Battuta.

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IAN RICHARD NETTON

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