The Dervishes : Or, Oriental Spiritualism (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. On the origin of the Dervish orders; 3. Names of the orders of Dervishes; 4. On the costumes and tenets of the Dervishes; 5. Sacred books and the creation of man; 6. The Rufa'ees (howling Dervishes); 7. The Bektashees; 8. The Melamiyoones; 9. Real and false Dervishes; 10. The order of the Mevlevees; 11. D'Ohsson on the rise and spread of Dervish orders; 12. Lane's Modern Egyptians; 13. Mussulman saints; 14. Persian Dervishes; 15. Ubicini's Letters on Turkey; 16. On the Tesavvuf, or spiritual life of the Soofees; 17. A biography of the fourth caliph 'Alee.