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THE SUFI POETS OF THE NINTH CENTURY Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Prophet Mohammed's nephew and son-in-law Hazrat 'Ali (598-661) was the

SUFI POETS OF THE NINTH CENTURY Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Prophet Mohammed's nephew and son-in-law Hazrat 'Ali (598-661) was the firs

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting

Focuses on the poems rather than on their authors. Surveys the development of Persian mystical poetry, dealing first with the relation between Sufism and litera