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
~KHIDR IN SUFI POETRY: A SELECTION~Translation & Introduction by Paul SmithKhidr (Khizer, Khadir) is often called: “The Green One” for he was said to have d
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet delivers the first popular biography of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persi