| The Feats of the Knowers of God: (Manāqeb Al-'ārefīn) Contributor(s): Shams Al-Dīn Aḥmad-E Aflā (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004121323 ISBN-13: 9789004121324 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $360.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Biography & Autobiography - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001037792 |
| Series: Islamic History and Civilization |
| Physical Information: 2.19" H x 6.6" W x 9.54" (3.40 lbs) 812 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a 14th-century biography of the famous Persian mystic poet and 'Knower of God', Jalāl al-Dīn-e Rūmī, in the form of a large compendium of Sufi-style teaching stories. It was commissioned by a grandson about fifty years after Rūmī's death. The author-compiler, Aflākī, includes chapters on Bahā'-e Valad (Rūmī's father), Shams al-Dīn-e Tabrīzī (Rūmī's great love), Solṭān Valad and Amīr 'Āref (Rūmī's son and grandson), and other transmitters of the spiritual Heritage of the Mowlavī 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 Saljūq and Mongol period in Asia Minor. The translation has an extensive index of persons and concepts to assist readers and students. |
