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Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi writer

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ScholarAndalusian Sufi writer

Ibn Arabiابن عربي

Approximate dateDamascus

A mystic from Murcia whose writings shaped later Sufi thought and drew sharp criticism.

He travelled from al-Andalus through North Africa to Makkah, where he began al-Futuhat al-Makkiyyah, and settled in Damascus. His ideas, later summed up as 'unity of being', were embraced by many Sufis and condemned by scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah.

What grew out of it?

His vocabulary runs through much later Sufi poetry in Persian, Turkish and Malay.

Who else is linked?

DamascusIbn TaymiyyahAlmoravids and AlmohadsAyyubids

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Nasir li-Din AllahMuhammad al-NasirQutb al-Din AibakAl-AdilMuhammad II of KhwarazmRichard IYaqub al-MansurGuy of Lusignan

Source: history · Wikipedia

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