The Darvishes is an invaluable contribution to the study of the Belief and spiritual principles of the Darvish Orders and is one of the most accurate reference works on the subject.
The Darvishes is an invaluable contribution to the study of the Belief and spiritual principles of the Darvish Orders and is one of the mo...
An American diplomat and self-taught scholar of the history and languages of the Islamic world, John Porter Brown (1814 72) published in 1868 this illustrated account of the Dervish orders of the Near East. Assisted closely by followers of this Sufi ascetic path while in Constantinople, Brown based his research on original Turkish, Arabic and Persian manuscripts. The work also includes extracts from other scholarly works on Dervish history, fleshing out this engaging introduction to a devout way of life and the philosophy underpinning it. As a Freemason, Brown was struck by the relationship...
An American diplomat and self-taught scholar of the history and languages of the Islamic world, John Porter Brown (1814 72) published in 1868 this ill...
