The Kashf Al-Mahjúb: The Oldest Persian Treatise on Sufiism. E. J. W. Gibb Memorial, Volume XVII.
London: E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust / Luzac and Co., 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xx + 443pp, indexes. A reprint of this renowned translation which was first published in 1911. The "Kashf-ul-Mahjub" ("Revelation of the Veiled") is a system of Sufi doctrines and practices composed by Ali Hujwiri (ca. 1009CE- ca. 1077CE), and is considered to be the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian. The translator, R. A. Nicholson (1868 – 1945), was a prominent English scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism and was best known for his translations of Rumi. Very light shelf rubbing - else a tight, internally bright, and unmarked near Fine copy. Item #66450
ISBN: 0718902033
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