The Feats of the Knowers of God: (Manāqeb Al-'ārefīn)

by Shams Al-Din Ahmad Aflaki

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),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004121323
• ISBN13: 9789004121324
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 812 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"