Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba

by Eric Ross

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Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has designed and built the entire city. Touba is named for T b , the "Tree of Paradise" of Islamic tradition. This archetypal tree articulates Islamic conceptions...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1580462170

ISBN13:9781580462174

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of Rochester Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:1.44 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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City Planning & Urban Development Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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