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. His tomb in

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is a site of pilgrimage for the Druze. He is credited with establishing a council of Initiates which brought together the Druze of the

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1479 deaths Druze religious leaders 15th-century writers 1417 births 15th-century Arabic writers 15th-century Arabs Religious leaders from the Mamluk Sultanate Theologians from the Mamluk Sultanate {{theologian-stub