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The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia
Lectures on Persian poetry. Translations from the poems of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz
On the Kabbalah and It's Symbolism
Gershom Scholem guides the reader through central themes in the intricate history of the Kabbalah. He clarifies the relations between mysticism and established religious authority; the mystics' interpretation of the Torah and their attempts to…
Shiraz: Persian City of Saints and Poets
History of the ancient Persian city, its saints and poets.
The Wellsprings of wisdom: a study of Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī's Kitāb al-Yanābīʻ : including a complete English translation with commentary and notes on the Arabic text
The rapid success of the early Isma'ili dacwa, or religio-political mission, culminated in the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate in the year 909. Modern scholarship in Ismaʹili studies has revealed that the Ismaʹilis were also engaged from early…
