Ibn Arabi dies in Damascus; the Andalusian Sufi's Meccan Revelations and Bezels of Wisdom set out the doctrine of the unity of being that dominates later Sufi metaphysics and draws centuries of commentary and controversy.
Tagged: Muslim Sufi Orders
The Event
- Date
- 1240 (exact)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Damascus; today Damascus, Syria
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sufi Orders
- Key figures
- Ibn Arabi
- Key texts
- Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Fusus al-Hikam
Primary Sources
- Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
Secondary Sources
- Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path (Oxford, 4th ed. 2011)
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0238; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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