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  2. Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    Seven Pillars of Wisdom is an autobiographical account of his experiences during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, when Lawrence was based in Wadi Rum in Jordan as a member of the British Forces. With the support of Emir Faisal and his tribesmen, he helped organise and carry out attacks on the Ottoman forces from Aqaba in the south to Damascus in ...

  3. Seven pillars of Ismailism - Wikipedia

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    The ordering of the pillars as understood by Druze is as follows: Taslīm "submission" denotes love and devotion to God, the prophets, the Imām ( al-Hakīm ) and the du‘āt "missionaries". In Ismā‘īlī doctrine, God is the true desire of every soul, and he manifests himself in the forms of prophets and imāms; the appointed du‘āt lead ...

  4. Wadi Rum - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s one of the rock formations in Wadi Rum, originally known as "Jabal al-Mazmar" (The Mountain of (the) Plague), was named "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom," after Lawrence's book penned in the aftermath of the war, though the 'Seven Pillars' referred to in the book have no connection with Rum. [13]

  5. File:Wadi Rum, Jordan, The Wadi Rum Visitor Center.jpg

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  7. Imamate in Nizari doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Ismaili Muslims consider love and devotion for the living imam, his deputies and missionaries an integral part of the religion and classify it within the Seven Pillars of faith. The Imam's Teaching Hierarchy (hudud al-din), historically called da'wa in Arabic , is considered a sacred tenet because without his loyal Da'is the living imam would ...

  8. al-Qadi al-Nu'man - Wikipedia

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    Under al-Mahdi began the career of Qadi al-Numan (d. 974), the founder of Ismaili law and author of its most authoritative compendium, the Kitab da'a'im al-Islam (Book of the pillars of Islam). In the absence of an Ismaili legal tradition, Qadi al-Numan relied primarily on the legal teaching of Imams Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq ...

  9. Talk:Wadi Rum - Wikipedia

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    The "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" rock formation in the Wadi Rum valley of Jordan. It is named after British Army officer T. E. Lawrence's autobiography of the same name, which details events that took place in the area during the Arab Revolt of 1916–18, although the rocks have nothing to do with the book itself. The area is now one of Jordan's ...