Signs of the Wali

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1. Introduction

Custom: Tali Paranti

B. Going to Pamijahan

C. Signs

D. Narratives

E. Research Questions

F. Volume Structure

Chapter 2. Signs in the Valley

Chapter 3. Manuscripts in Pamijahan: Kakantun Karuhun

A. Introduction

A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. A)

A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. B)

A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. C)

A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. D)

Kitab Istiqal Tarekat Qadiriyyah-Naqhsabandiyyah (ms. E)

A Shattariyyah Manuscript (ms. F)

Babad Pamijahan (Ms. G)

Babad Pamijahan (Ms. H)

Conclusion

Chapter 4. The Babad Pamijahan: Sunda, Java and the Identity of the Pamijahanese

A. Introduction

B. The Babad in Sunda

C. The Babad Pamijahan (BP)

D. Translation of The Babad Pamijahan (Ms H)

E. The Structure of the Babad

F. The Narrative of East and West

G. The Horizontal Axis

H. The Vertical Axis

I. Saur Sepuh or ‘What the Ancestors Say...’

J. The References

K. Space and Place: Limestone (Karang)

L. The Interpretant: The East and The West

M. Sumedang and Mataram

N. Conclusion

Chapter 5. Karuhun, Space, Place and Narratives

A. Introduction

B. Karuhun

C. The Sacred Landscape of Pamijahan and its Environs

D. Four Symbolic Spaces

E. Kokocoran and the Notion of Proximity

F. The Places

a. The Tomb of the Shaykh (Makom Kangjeng Shaykh)

b. Kampung Panyalahan

c. Makom Yudanagara

d. Makom Pandawa

G. Mystical Paths

a. Bengkok

b. Guha Safarwadi

c. Masjid Karamat (The Sacred Mosque)

H. Conclusion: The Growing Signs

Chapter 6. Linking to the Wider Worlds of Sufism

A. Introduction

B. The Roots of Shattariyyah

C. The Shattariyyah Order in the World of Islam

D. The Shattariyyah Silsilah in Indonesia

E. The Shattariyyah Silsilah in West Java

F. Shaykh Abdul Muhyi

G. The Successors

a. Paqih Ibrahim

b. Haji Abdullah

c. Dalem Bojong

d. Beben Muhammad Dabas

H. Conclusion

Chapter 7. Grasping the Wali’s Teaching

A. Introduction

B. Origins of Shattariyyah Teaching

C. Martabat Tujuh or The Seven Grades

1. Ahadiyah or The Level of Oneness:

2. Wahdat or Individuation

3. Wahidiyat

4. Alam Arwah

5. Alam Mitsal

6. Alam Ajsam

7. Insan Kamil

D. Conclusion

Chapter 8. Tapping A Blessing in The House of A Young Sufi

A. Introduction

B. Holding the Line, Grasping the Blessing

C. The Zawiya

D. The Communal Congregation

E. The Baiah Session

F. The Shattariyyah Dikir

G. Conclusion: Telling Stories, Taking Precedence

Beben’s Narrative

Chapter 9. Pilgrimage at Pamijahan: Practice and Narrative

A. Introduction

Mediation or Approach

C. Custodianship

D. Pilgrims

E. The sequence of rituals

F. The Prescribed Sequences

Chapter 10. Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Original Acknowledgments for the Thesis