The mystical and visionary treatises of Shihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi /

Sheikh Shihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi, the great illuminist philosopher and mystic of the 12th century, evoked such opposition and hatred in the orthodox of his time that he was put to death, at the insistence and by order of Saladin's nephew in 1191. He became known thereafter as the "Murde...

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Main Authors: Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 1153-1191, Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 1153-1191
Other Authors: Thackston, W. M (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Persian
Published: London : Octagon Press, [1982], ©1982
London : Octagon, c1982
London : c1982
London : [1982]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Treatise of the Birds
  • The Sound of Gabriel's Wing
  • The Red Intellect
  • A Day with a Group of Sufis
  • On the State of Childhood
  • On the Reality of Love
  • The Language of the Ants
  • The Simurgh's Shrill Cry
  • A Tale of Occidental Exile