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JONATHAN G. KATZ, Dreams, Sufism and Sainthood: The Visionary Career of Muhammadal-Zawawi, Studies in the History of Religions (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996). Pp. 281. $120 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2001

CHRISTOPHER S. TAYLOR
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Abstract

In this original and intriguing study, Jonathan Katz explores and analyzes the dream diary of a little-known 15th-century North African Sufi saint (wali¯), Muhammad al-Zawawi of Bijaya (modern Bougie, Algeria). Over a ten-year period (1447–57), al-Zawawi kept a nearly complete diary of his dream encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Consisting of 109 entries, al-Zawawi's Tu[h dot under]fat al-na¯[z dot under]ir wa-nuzhat al-mana¯zir traces his visionary career across North Africa from Bijaya to Cairo and back.

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Book Review
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , May 2001 , pp. 311 - 313
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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