The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2496 page)

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T'ien-t'iao shu
(T'ai-p'ing text):
T'ien wang
(four world protectors in Buddhism):
Tij
niy(y)a
.
Muslim
S
f
order (
ar
qa
) founded by Abu’l-‘Abb
s
A
mad
al-Tij
n
(1737–1815 (AH 1150–1230)). He was admitted to the
Q
diriy(y)a
(and other orders) before founding his own order, based on Fez, having received a direct commission from a vision of the Prophet Mu
ammad in the desert. Members of the order are called
a
b
b
(‘friends’), and are forbidden to join any other
ar
qa
(order), because their line of descent is directly from Mu

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