Darvish |
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Pronunciation: dar-veesh |
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Redirected from: Dervish; Beggar; Poor One; Religious mendicant |
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[Pers] Literally, beggar [Arabic: Faqír:
poor one]. More specifically, a traveling religious mendicant of one of several Sufí orders or other Muslim mystic
traditions. |
[BD 64] |
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Poor one. Religions mendicant. D'Ohsson in his "Ottoman Empire" lists 32 out of
many more orders of these Islámic mystics. |
[BG 14] |
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See also: Faqír. |
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