Rifāʻīyah

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ריפעיה
Name (Latin)
Rifāʻīyah
Name (Arabic)
الرفاعية
Other forms of name
Howling Dervishes
Rifai Dervish Order
Rifaiyya
Rufāʻī
Rufaʻi Brotherhood
See Also From tracing topical name
Dervishes
Saʻdīyah
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q389821
Library of congress: sh 86006139
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Ṣayyād, S.A. al-Taṣawwuf ʻaqīdah wa-sulūk, wa-al-Shaykh al-Imām Aḥmad al-Rifāʻī, 1984.
  • Britannica Micro.
  • Ronart. Concise Ency. Arab Civilization:v. 1 (Howling Dervishes alternate term)
  • Trimingham. Sufi Orders:pp. 37-40.
  • Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam:pp. 176, 209.
  • Hastings encyc. relig. index(Rifāʻiyyah)
  • Americana:v. 25, p. 850 (Rifaite)
  • Collier's index(Rifai)
  • New Cath. encyc.:under Moslem confraternities (al-Rifāʻi)
  • Encyc. relig. and ethics:under Muhammadism in Turkey (the Rufāʻī; howling dervishes)
  • Islamic ritual from the province of Kosovo [SR] p1994:container (Rufaʻi Brotherhood)