Les Saints des Derviches Tourneurs |
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| Edited and Translated by:
| Huart, Clément |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Religion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-04233-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a two-volume translation by Clément Huart (1854-1926), a leading French Orientalist, of a fourteenth-century Persian text recording the lives of the founders of the order of whirling dervishes. Published in 1918-22, it provides fascinating insights into the origins of this branch of Islamic mysticism.
This is a two-volume translation by Clément Huart (1854-1926), a leading French Orientalist, of a fourteenth-century Persian text recording the lives of the founders of the order of whirling dervishes. Published in 1918-22, it provides fascinating insights into the origins of this branch of Islamic mysticism.