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Lalish

لالش

Sacred valley near Mosul where Shaykh Adi ibn Musafir founded the Adawiyya order and where his tomb stands.

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Levant & Iraq
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Home of
Shaykh 'Adi ibn Musafir al-Hakkari
Burial place of
Shaykh 'Adi ibn Musafir al-Hakkari
Site of
Attack of Lalish (1415)

People and things also explored

al-Mu'tadid bi-llah Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil· Attack of Lalish (1415)· Shaykh 'Adi ibn Musafir al-Hakkari

Sources

  • Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes
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al-Mu'tadid bi-llah Dawud ibn al-Mutawakkil

Cairo caliph [815–845] — 'of the caliphs' elite: noble, bright, alert; scholars sat with him and he shared their pursuits; generous to a fault' — investing five sultans across thirty years; died Sunday 4 Rabi' I 845 near seventy.