entity_periods: ENT_SUF_KHALWATIYYA, PER_ISL_EARLY_MODERN

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_SUF_KHALWATIYYA	PER_ISL_EARLY_MODERN	high	Order named for the practice of khalwa (spiritual retreat); spread widely across the Ottoman empire and Egypt in the early-modern period, producing many revival sub-branches. A principal vehicle of Ottoman-era Sufi piety and the seven-fold dhikr of the divine names.	SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM	reviewed