Brethren of Purity

by De Callatay͏̈, Godefroid

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The Brethren of Purity and the Friends of Loyalty (Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa-Khullān al-Wafāʾ) is the name used by the authors of a large and influential encyclopedic work of mediaeval Islam in order to disguise their identity. The work is traditionally referred to in literature as the “Epistles of the Brethren of Purity” (Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ) because it presents itself as a collection of about fifty treatises written in the form of epistles and addressed to a fictive “brother.” In addition to thi…

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The Brethren of Purity and the Friends of Loyalty (Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ wa-Khullān al-Wafāʾ) is the name used by the authors of a large and influential encyclopedic work of mediaeval Islam in order to disguise their identity. The work is traditionally referred to in literature as the “Epistles of the Brethren of Purity” (Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ) because it presents itself as a collection of about fifty treatises written in the form of epistles and addressed to a fictive “brother.” In addition to this collection, there are a “

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1532

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eng Islam

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De Callatay͏̈, Godefroid

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