Resumen de Un exemple de lettre adressée à un soufi de Damas au XIIe siècle

Jean-Michel Mouton, Dominique Sourdel, Janine Sourdel-Thomine

• The letter published here was probably written during the reign of the Zankid Prince Nūr al-Dīn (1154-1174). It reveals the existence of close links between the ascetic communities of Syria and Iraq, but also between the various Sufi institutions in Damascus flourishing in the city at that time. The main figures of the letter, largely ignored from medieval sources, appear as charismatic characters who testify to the attraction then exerted by mystical circles on the Syrian population.