In the panorama of medieval architecture of Azerbaijan khanegahs have a very significant place entirely connected with important role of ideology, and social-political life of society. The appearance of khanegahs was directly coordinated with wide spreading...
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In the panorama of medieval architecture of Azerbaijan khanegahs have a very significant place entirely connected with important role of ideology, and social-political life of society. The appearance of khanegahs was directly coordinated with wide spreading of Sufism - mystic-ascetic tendency in the bosom of Islam in the countries of Moslem East in the pe-riod of Abbasid caliphs. In the X century there grows the number of sufism followers ( sufi majlises in Khoy and Ardabil). takes shape the institute 'Sheikh-Intuit% when there happens the transmission of sufi knowleclges by tutors-murshids realized in khanegahs in the course of a long time. They were at the same time the centres of religious-philosophic thought there were centres of large charity having often great material means at the erpence of van property a part of community (west-european "orden1 lived in khanegalus, another one consisted of pilgrims performing hajj to Makkah, to remote dwelling-place for hermits wandering in to
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