Published in 1868 | 430 pages | PDF reader required
CONTENTS
- Introduction—Abraham and Mohammed—The Sacrifice of Isma'il—The Decease of Ibrahim—The "Atmbodha," or Knowledge of the Spirit.
- On the Origin of the Dervish Orders—The Original Orders—Forms of Prayer, Caps, &c.—Traditions of the Orders.
- Names of the Orders of Dervishes—Branches of the Original Orders at Constantinople—Peculiar Titles given to Founders—The "Sâhib i Tesavvuf," or "Spiritual Owners" of the Dervishes.
- On the Costumes and Tenets of the Dervishes—The Holy Mantle of the Prophet—The "Kulahs," or Dervish Caps.
- Sacred Books and the Creation of Man—The "Evliâ," or Saints.
- The Rufâ'ees (Howling Dervishes)—The Nakshibendees
- The Bektâshees—Their Costume—Their Twelve Imams—The Initiation of a Bektâshee.
- The Melâmiyoons—The Sectarian Rites of the Much Loving Taveek of the Melâmiyoon—On their Assemblies—Thanks for Food—Acquisition of the Means of Existence.
- Real and False Dervishes—The "Khirka," or Mantle—The "Palenk," or Stone worn in the Girdle—The Post, or Seat.
- The Order of the Mevlevees.
- D'Ohsson on the Rise and Spread of Dervish Orders.
- Lane's "Modern Egyptians."
- "Mussulman Saints."
- Persian Dervishes—Spiritual Exercises—Hasheesh—The Occult Sciences—A List of Dervish Convents at Constantinople.
- Ubicini's "Letters on Turkey"—The Hindee, or the Wandering Dervishes of India.
- On the Tesavvuf, or Spiritual Life of the Soofees.
- A Biography of the Fourth Caliph 'Alee.
