Mawlāy ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Dabbāgh: Biography of a Saint in an Age of State-Building
Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh, the unlettered Idrissid saint of 18th-century Fez, became a defining voice of Moroccan Sufism through his visionary teachings preserved in Al-Ibrīz.
The Saint Who Stubbed the Intellect: How Al-Ibrīz Turned Mystical Vision into a Polemical Weapon
In 18th-century Morocco, an illiterate saint's mystical unveilings became the most sophisticated theological weapon of his era. A close reading of how Al-Ibrīz weaponized kashf against rationalist and Shīʿī rivals — and reversed the Niẓāmī Triplex in the process.
The Dabbagh Family of Morocco: Twelve Centuries of Sharīfian Authority
A scholarly exploration of the Dabbāgh family of Morocco, tracing twelve centuries of Sharīfian lineage, Sufi authority, and institutional legitimacy from the Idrisids to the modern era.
Rewriting Wilāya: Dabbāgh, the Niẓāmī Triplex, and the Institutional Shaykh
A critical study of institutional Sufism: from the Niẓāmiyya’s reshaping of sainthood to al-Dabbāgh’s redefinition of spiritual authority beyond institutions.