khanaqah

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khanaqah. A hostel for Muslim mystics (Sufis), usually in the form of a court with individual cells around three sides of the perimeter, with an assembly-hall on the fourth (qibla) side. An example is in the complex of Baybars al-Jashankir, Cairo (early C14). At the shrine of Char Bakr, near Bukhara (1559–69), the khanaqah is placed between the mosque and the madrasa, linking them in one grand architectural ensemble.

Bibliography

Blair & and Bloom (1994);
Jane Turner (1996)

Khanaqah

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Khanaqah (assembly place of derwishes; Fitzgerald's tavern): see OMAR KHAYYAM.

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