Abu el-Haggag
Yusuf Abu el-Haggag (* 1150 in Baghdad , † 1243 ) was a Sufi - Sheikh .
Life
In 1221 he and his four sons made the pilgrimage to Mecca , where one of them died. On the return journey he settled in Luxor , where a second son died in 1223. His two surviving sons were later buried at his father's side in Luxor.
Georges Legrain gave extensive information about this saint and the form of his veneration at the beginning of the 20th century. He initially obtained extracts from written sources, the original texts of which are in the private possession of various people in Luxor. The sources also mention a certain Tharzah who is buried in the tomb mosque of Abu el-Haggag. She is sometimes referred to as a Coptic slave who converted to Islam, sometimes as the wife of Abu el-Haggag.
In Luxor there is the Abu el-Haggag mosque.
literature
- Georges Legrain : Les Temples de Karnak. Vromant, Bruxelles 1929.
- Rudolf Kriss, Hubert Kriss-Heinrich: Popular belief in the area of Islam. Volume 1. Pilgrimage and Adoration of Saints. Wiesbaden 1960, pp. 96-106.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abu el-Haggag |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yusuf Abu el-Haggag |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sufi Sheikh |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1150 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baghdad |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1243 |