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The Feats of the Knowers of God: (Man Qeb Al-' Ref N)

Shams Al-Din Ahmad Aflaki

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This is a 14th-century biography of the famous Persian mystic poet and Knower of God, Jal l al-D n-e R m, in the form of a large compendium of Sufi-style teaching stories. It was commissioned by a grandson about fifty years after R m s death. The author-compiler, Afl k, includes chapters on Bah -e Valad , Shams al-D n-e Tabr z , Solt n Valad and Am r ref , and other transmitters of the spiritual Heritage of the Mowlav dervish order. The protagonists are portrayed as performing miracles and confronting critics and rivals. Circumstantial detail abounds, thus providing one of our few windows onto social and political life during the Salj q and Mongol period in Asia Minor. The translation has an extensive index of persons and concepts to assist readers and students."

Language: English

Pages: 790

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brill

Release: December 03, 2001

ISBN: 9004121323

ISBN 13: 9789004121324

The Feats of the Knowers of God: (Man Qeb Al-' Ref N)

Shams Al-Din Ahmad Aflaki

0/5 ( ratings)

This is a 14th-century biography of the famous Persian mystic poet and Knower of God, Jal l al-D n-e R m, in the form of a large compendium of Sufi-style teaching stories. It was commissioned by a grandson about fifty years after R m s death. The author-compiler, Afl k, includes chapters on Bah -e Valad , Shams al-D n-e Tabr z , Solt n Valad and Am r ref , and other transmitters of the spiritual Heritage of the Mowlav dervish order. The protagonists are portrayed as performing miracles and confronting critics and rivals. Circumstantial detail abounds, thus providing one of our few windows onto social and political life during the Salj q and Mongol period in Asia Minor. The translation has an extensive index of persons and concepts to assist readers and students."

Language: English

Pages: 790

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brill

Release: December 03, 2001

ISBN: 9004121323

ISBN 13: 9789004121324

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