Bidāyat al-Hidāya textual teaching | Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

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Bidāyat al-Hidāya textual teaching is cataloged as a Textual corpus / teaching within Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism. Its public geographic context is “Broad regional context; no country assigned” and its period or origin is “Late 11th–early 12th century.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Ghazalian Sufi ethical spirituality.”

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Record fields

Alternate / historical names: بداية الهداية; The Beginning of Guidance; Bidayat al-Hidaya
Parent tradition: Ghazalian Sufi ethical spirituality
Public geographic context: Broad regional context; no country assigned
Period / origin: Late 11th–early 12th century
Living / historical status: Attested Islamic mystical, ethical, or devotional text
Access / protocol: Scholarly / historical only
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Geography

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Broad regional context; no country assigned

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

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Source 1ghazali.org

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Bidāyat al-Hidāya textual teaching. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3114. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3114

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