Book Summary
This is a 14th-century biography of the famous Persian mystic poet and 'Knower of God', Jall al-Dn-e Rm, in the form of a large compendium of Su fi-style teaching stories. It was commissioned by a grandson about fifty years after Rm's death. The author-compiler, Aflk, includes chapters on Bah'-e Valad (Rm's father), Shams al-Dn-e Tabrz (Rm's great love) , Soln Valad and Amr'ref (Rm's son and grandson), and other transmitters of the spiritu al 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 Saljq and Mongol period in Asia Minor. The translatio n has an extensive index of persons and concepts to assist readers and students.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Feats Of The Knowers Of God: Man?qeb Al-'?Ref?n |
| Author | Shams Al-din Ahmad Aflaki, J. O'kane |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers (Jan 2002) |
| ISBN | 9789004121324 |
| Pages | 790 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 13856 |
