The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2047 page)

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Sadmaya-ko
a
.
The sheath of
sat
(Being) which surrounds and sustains
tman
. In Hinduism, the approach to the realization of
Brahman
requires this sheath, since otherwise it could not be imagined. But without this sheath,
tman is one with Brahman.
afavids
.
Persian dynasty which ruled 1501–1732 (AH 907–1145). It derived from Shaykh Is
q
af
al-D
n (d. 1334 (AH 735)), who was the leader of a
S
f
order named after him, the
afavis—hence the name of the dynasty. The order became associated with the
Ithn
‘Ashariy(y)a
Sh
‘as (Twelvers), and for that reason the Turkish adherents wore a red hat with twelve tassles on it, and became known as Qiz
l Bash, ‘red hats’.

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