Islamic religious orders in Algeria, "a work of great learning and value", presentation copy

Brosselard, (Charles). Les khouan. De la constitution des ordres religieux musulmans en Algérie.

Algiers, A. Bourget, August 1859.

8vo. 36 pp. Contemporary red half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.

 3.750,00

First edition of a work on the khouan, the brothers of Islamic "religious orders" in Algeria, written by Charles Brosselard (1816-1889). He describes the origin, hierarchy, organization and (initiation) rituals of seven influential Sufi brotherhoods. "A work of great learning and value" (Playfair). Brosselard had studied Arabic and later became a prefect at Tlemcen.

With author's presentation inscription to the French general Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796-1878), who served as a cavalry officer in Algeria, on half-title. With an armorial bookplate on paste-down. Overall in very good condition, binding only very slightly rubbed along the extremities.

Literatur

Levtzion & Pouwels, The history of Islam in Africa, pp. 170, 184. Playfair, Bibliography of Algeria, 2099.

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