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[NICHOLSON, R.A. (Reynold Alleyne)] Studies in Islamic Mysticisn
[NICHOLSON, R.A. (Reynold Alleyne)] Studies in Islamic Mysticisn
London: Cambridge University Press, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover in dust jacket. Octavo. xiii + 282pp. Black buckram with gilt spine titles. Price clipped dust jacket has light fading to spine. A near fine copy in a very good or better jacket.
Scholarly work on Sufism which describes the life and teaching of three great Mohammedan mystics: the Persians Abu Said (967-1049) and Al-Jili (1365-1400) and the Cairene Arab Ibnu 'l-Farid (1182-1235). There is marked contrast between these pious and ascetic men and the savage and unscrupulous Oriental despots, too often regarded as typical of the Mohammedan religion.

