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GLOSSARY<br />

bārahmāsa poems that deal with the peculiarities <strong>of</strong> the<br />

twelve months as seen through the eyes <strong>of</strong> a<br />

loving woman<br />

baraka holiness, virtue as inherent spiritual power<br />

bāţin interior, hidden knowledge<br />

bē-shar‘ outside the religious Law<br />

bid‘a innovation, something added <strong>to</strong> the Prophet<br />

tradition, hence heretical<br />

bhajan religious songs in the bhakti tradition<br />

bhakti popular mystical current in Hinduism in<br />

which the love relation between an adept and<br />

God is emphasized<br />

chaddar a sheet, cloth<br />

chakkināma ‘mills<strong>to</strong>ne poems’, devotional songs in the<br />

vernacular using the imagery <strong>of</strong> grinding flour<br />

charkhināma ‘spinning wheel poems’, songs in the<br />

vernacular using the imagery <strong>of</strong> spinning<br />

chillā forty-days retreat<br />

chillā-i mak‘ūs inverted fast performed upside-down in a dark<br />

place<br />

dār al-h˝arb ‘terri<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> war’, an area where <strong>Muslim</strong>s are<br />

not in power and which must be conquered<br />

darbār court, reception at court<br />

dargāh a Sufi convent, shrine or <strong>to</strong>mb<br />

darwāza door, entrance<br />

dastār turban<br />

dharma´sālā a place <strong>of</strong> rest for pilgrims<br />

dhikr ‘recollection’, a spiritual exercise employed <strong>to</strong><br />

attain spiritual concentration; rhythmical<br />

repetitive invocation <strong>of</strong> God’s names<br />

dīnpanāhī the protection <strong>of</strong> faith, a duty <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Muslim</strong><br />

ruler<br />

dīwān collection <strong>of</strong> poems by one author<br />

Durgāpūjā an annual festival in honour <strong>of</strong> the goddess<br />

Durgā<br />

fanā the ‘annihilation’ <strong>of</strong> the mystic in God; union<br />

with the Absolute<br />

faqīh one trained in fiqh<br />

faqīr (pl. fuqarā) ‘a poor one’, a general term for a dervish<br />

faqr poverty<br />

farā’id˝ obliga<strong>to</strong>ry religious duties<br />

farmān decree, edict, a royal order<br />

Fātih˝a ‘<strong>The</strong> Opener’, the chapter with which the<br />

Qur’ān opens<br />

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