Tales from the land of the sufis

A brief look at the history of Sufism -- Hallaj : the first martyr of Sufism : The life of Hallaj ; Legends and stories of Hallaj -- Abu Sa(c)Ơd : the patron of Sufi music, song, and dance : Abu Sa(c)Ơd's life and teachings ; Anecdotes of Abu Sa(c)Ơd -- Fariduddin Attar : the divinely inspired...

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Collaborateurs: Bayat, Mojdeh (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Jamnia, Mohammad Ali (Autre)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Boston Shambhala 1994
Dans:Année: 1994
Édition:1. ed.
Sujets non-standardisés:B Sufism Prayers and devotions
B Sufi literature
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Résumé:A brief look at the history of Sufism -- Hallaj : the first martyr of Sufism : The life of Hallaj ; Legends and stories of Hallaj -- Abu Sa(c)Ơd : the patron of Sufi music, song, and dance : Abu Sa(c)Ơd's life and teachings ; Anecdotes of Abu Sa(c)Ơd -- Fariduddin Attar : the divinely inspired storyteller : The conference of the birds ; Bahlul, a fool of God ; This too shall pass ; Shaykh San(c) n -- Hakim Nizami : narrator of love stories : Khusrau and Shirin ; Layla and Majnum ; The great secret of Alexander -- Jalaluddin Rumi : Persia's greatest mystic poet : Rumi's life and teachings ; The king and the handmaiden ; The grocer and his parrot ; The philosopher and the skipper ; Musa and the shepherd -- (c)bdul-Rahman Jami : the last of the great storytellers : Yusuf and Zulaykha
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-179)
ISBN:0877739552