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Nasir Khusraw, the ruby of Badakhshan: a portrait of the Persian poet, traveller and philosopher
This is the first comprehensive study in English of the life of Nasir Khusraw, one of the foremost poets of the Persian language and a major Ismaili thinker and writer. Celebrated for a poetry that comines art with philosophy, trusted for the details…
Light from the East: how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the western world
The story of how the science of medieval Islam preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India, and China during Europe's Dark Ages, and how that knowledge later influenced Western thinkers and contributed to the…
The Other Islam: Sufism and the road to global harmony
Many Americans today identify Islam with hatred of the West. This book transforms this image and opens the way to finding common ground in our troubled times. Sufism, a blend of the mystical and rational tendencies within Islam, emerged soon after…
