Berti Qur'Anic Amulets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abdullahi El-Tom (University of Gezira, corresponding author), A Osman El-Tom (1University of Gezira, Sudan) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 224 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1580876 |
| OpenAlex | W4246090105, W2138031725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Berti live in the Province of North Darfur in the Sudan. \nThey are sedentary people whose main livelihood is based on rain \ncultivation and animal husbandry (for more details on the Berti see \nHoly 1974). For several centuries the Berti have spoken their own \ndialect of the Arabic language. They are Muslim, following the \nMaliki school of Islamic Law. Among the Berti, Islam is \ndisseminated and taught by their religious men, locally referred to \nfugara, a term translated as jurisconsults, clergymen, Sufi mendicants or religious officiants (see Trimingham 1949:140, 1968:61 \nand 130; Yusuf 1976:116; among others). As professionals, Berti \nreligious men render a variety of services to their clients. They \nteach the Qur’an, preside over rituals, and treat the sick. In this article I shall restrict myself to the provision of ‘amulets’ which are \nbelieved to help their owners to achieve certain objectives
Arabic · Archaeology · History of religions · Islam · Linguistics · Livelihood · Sharia · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · African history and culture analysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Education and Islamic Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |