Legends Of The Sufis : Selected Anecdotes from the work entitled The Acts of the Adepts (Menaquibu 'L 'Arifin)
Kingston-upon-Thames: Coombe Springs Press, 1965.
Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Item #17290
Some endpaper foxing, light edgewear, Samuel Weiser bookseller's label, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket sunning, light edgewear, light foxing, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Reprint of 1881 edition. "Legends of the Sufis consists of a selection of anecdotes taken from Menaqibu l' Arifin, written by Shemsuddin Ahmed El Eflaki in AD 1353. In its pages are recounted momentous - and miraculous - events in the lives of Jelaluddin Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and other Sufis associated with the foundation of the Mevlevi order of dervishes. As in all enduring hagiogrpahy factual details, profound moral insights, and practical wisdom are mingled together and leavened with a further element that is purely legendary." ; 135 pages.
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