Motif
sacred garment as lineage sign
sacred_garment_as_lineage_sign
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Recognition Tokens and Identity Signs. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3284-3402 confidence: high
A young descendant of the Prophet comes to Qonya, becomes Sultan Veled’s disciple, and wears a distinctive turban with a sheker-āvīz like the Mevlevī dervishes.
The sheker-āvīz turban form seen in the heavenly portrait is adopted by Muhammad and preserved by the young man’s family.
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