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MAKERS of the MUSLIM WORLD Aisha al-Ba‘uniyya Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 1 11/05/19 1:27 PM TITLES IN THE MAKERS OF THE MUSLIM WORLD SERIES Series Editors: Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb, Harvard University, and Professor Sabine Schmidtke, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, Samer Akkach ‘Abd al-Malik, Chase F. Robinson Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Itzchak Weismann ‘Abd al-Rahman III, Maribel Fierro Abu Nuwas, Philip F. Kennedy Ahmad al-Mansur, Mercedes García-Arenal Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Christopher Melchert Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi, Usha Sanyal Akbar, André Wink Al Ma’mun, Michael Cooperson Al-Mutanabbi, Margaret Larkin Amir Khusraw, Sunil Sharma Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi, Muhammad Qasim Zaman Beshir Agha, Jane Hathaway Chinggis Khan, Michal Biran Elijah Muhammad, Herbert Berg Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis, Shahzad Bashir Ghazali, Eric Ormsby Hasan al-Banna, Gudrun Krämer Husain Ahmad Madani, Barbara D. Metcalf Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, Michael Crawford Ibn ‘Arabi, William C. Chittick Ibn Tufayl, Taneli Kukkonen Ikhwan al-Safa’, Godefroid de Callataÿ Imam Shafi‘i, Kecia Ali Karim Khan Zand, John R. Perry Mehmed Ali, Khaled Fahmy Mu‘awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, R. Stephen Humphreys Muhammad Abduh, Mark Sedgwick Mulla Sadra, Sayeh Meisami Nasser, Joel Gordon Nazira Zeineddine, Miriam Cooke Sa‘di, Homa Katouzian Shah ‘Abbas, Sholeh A. Quinn Shaykh Mufid, Tamima Bayhom-Daou Usama ibn Munqidh, Paul M. Cobb For current information and details of other books in the series, please visit oneworld-publications.com/makers-of-the-muslim-world Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 2 11/05/19 1:27 PM MAKERS of the MUSLIM WORLD Aisha al-Ba‘uniyya A Life in Praise of Love TH. EMIL HOMERIN Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 3 11/05/19 1:27 PM Oneworld Academic An imprint of Oneworld Publications Published by Oneworld Academic, 2019 This ebook published 2019 Copyright © Th. Emil Homerin 2019 The moral right of Th. Emil Homerin to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved Copyright under Berne Convention A CIP record for this title is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78607-610-6 eISBN 978-1-78607-611-3 Typeset by Geethik Technologies Oneworld Publications 10 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B 3SR England Stay up to date with the latest books, special offers, and exclusive content from Oneworld with our newsletter Sign up on our website oneworld-publications.com Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 4 11/05/19 1:27 PM In Memory of Basima Qattan Bezirgan and Ronald C. Jennings who introduced me to the study of Middle Eastern Muslim women who speak. Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 5 11/05/19 1:27 PM Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 6 11/05/19 1:27 PM CONTENTS Maps xi Preface xvii 1 GOD’S BLESSINGS 1 Origins 1 Slave Soldiers 3 Mamluk Sultanate 4 Secretaries and Scholars 5 Education 6 Damascus 8 Mosques and Libraries 12 Gabriel’s Questions 14 Obedient Servant 15 Dress and Decorum 17 Saints and Shrines 18 Inner Sanctum 20 Intercession or Idolatry 21 Forgiveness and Favor 23 2 AISHA AL-BA‘UNIYYA AND THE BELOVED PROPHET 25 Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah 25 That Sacred Place 27 Syrian Caravan 29 Damascus to Medina 31 Medina to Mecca 33 Before the Black Stone 34 Hajj 36 Dreams 38 What is a Woman to Do? 39 Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 7 11/05/19 1:27 PM viii CONTENTS Poems of Praise 40 Mantle Ode 42 Blessings 43 Holy Prophet 45 Most Wholesome Source 47 Virtuous Life 49 Return to Heaven 50 Precious Pearls 52 3 O MY LOVE AND HAPPINESS 57 Marriage and Family 57 Sufi Way 59 Venerable Masters 61 Recalling the Lord 64 Noble Invocations 66 Taste and See 68 Hymn/Him 69 Emanation of Grace 72 Poetry of Recollection 75 He’s My Destiny 78 Old Loves for New 80 Ibn al-Farid 82 Odes in T 84 Covenant 85 Wine of Love 87 Moses of the Heart 89 Seat of Truth 91 4 TREE OF MYSTICAL LIFE 95 Principles of Sufism 95 Repentance 96 Sincerity 99 Recollection 102 Love 106 Amazing Stories 107 Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 8 11/05/19 1:27 PM CONTENTS ix Wondrous Secret 109 Ocean Without a Shore 111 5 GATHERING UNION 115 New Challenges 115 To Egypt 118 Cairo 120 Victorious 122 Pomp and Princess 124 Among the Elite 126 Five-Fold Good Word 129 Clear Inspiration 131 Shadows of War 134 Time of Change 136 Legacy 137 Bibliography 141 Acknowledgments 149 Index 151 Aisha al-Bauniyya.indd 9 11/05/19 1:27 PM

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