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“…a Sanusiya zawiya, or lodge, like the Christian monasteries of Europe in the Dark Ages, served many purposes besides catering for religious needs. It was a school, a caravanserai, a fort, a court of law, a bank, a poor-house, & c.” At times, these Sufi missionaries became the trigger for the coalescence of great tribal confederacies that acted as proto-states or caliphates.