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This dissertation examines the classical image of Fatima al-Zahra', youngest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, wife of the first Shi'i Imam, 'Ali b. Abi Talib, and mother of the next two Imams, Hasan and Husayn. The focus is not on the biography of Fatima but rather her depictio…

This dissertation examines the convergence of mysticism, genealogical representation, and sanctity in the social construction of a holy man in nineteenth century Mauritania. It takes as its subject Muhammad Fadil wuld Mamin (d.1868) who is regarded in the existing literature as …