Sultan of the Saints

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Sultan of the Saints is an honorific Islamic title traditionally given to the most eminent and spiritually exalted of the Sufi saints.

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Sultan of the Saints canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sultan al-Auliya ⓘ
linked to: Sultan al-Awliya

Sultan al-Awliya ⓘ
appliedBy Muslim devotees ⓘ
Sufi followers ⓘ
appliedTo prominent Sufi saints in various orders ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Sufi hierarchy of saints ⓘ
sainthood in Islam ⓘ
spiritual authority ⓘ
wilayah (sainthood) ⓘ
category Islamic honorifics ⓘ
Sufi terminology ⓘ
religious honorifics ⓘ
connotation preeminence in spiritual status ⓘ
supreme rank among saints ⓘ
culturalRegionOfUse Anatolia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
culturalRegionOfUse Balkans ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
describedAs honorific Islamic title traditionally given to the most eminent and spiritually exalted of the Sufi saints ⓘ
etymologyComponent Awliya (Arabic plural of wali, friend of God) ⓘ
Sultan (Arabic for authority or king) ⓘ
hasGenderUsage predominantly male saints ⓘ
implies preeminent friend of God ⓘ
languageOfExpression Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning King of the Saints ⓘ
partOf Islamic honorific system ⓘ
Sufi spiritual rank terminology ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
scopeOfUse Sunni Sufi communities ⓘ
some Shia Sufi communities ⓘ
titleFor most eminent Sufi saints ⓘ
spiritually exalted Sufi saints ⓘ
typicalContext Sufi devotional literature ⓘ
Sufi hagiography ⓘ
Sufi oral tradition ⓘ
usedAs epithet in Sufi poetry ⓘ
title in prayers and supplications to saints ⓘ
usedInTradition Sufism ⓘ

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Sultan al-Awliya → meaning → Sultan of the Saints ⓘ