Kenneth Lizzio. Ritual and Charisma in Naqshbandi Sufi Mysticism
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عنوان ژورنال: Abstracta Iranica
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0240-8910,1961-960X
DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.40635