Depth
At a glance
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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Pilgrimages and mass gatheringsSpirituality and Sufism
Overview
Description
Attendance has exceeded twenty million in peak years; processions provide food and lodging free of charge along the road. 1
People and things also explored
Urs of Ajmer Sharif· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Arba'een pilgrimage”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/arbaeen-pilgrimage/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.