Based on a study of twelve Arabic manuscripts, The Interpreter of Secrets is a critical edition of the entire surviving corpus of the poetry of Mu?ammad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Bakri (930-94/1524-86), a leading jurist, Sufi, and literary figure in sixteenth-century Cairo. The texts of the poems are accompanied by a critical apparatus including all of the plausible variant readings and alternative versions of the poems. Al-Bakri was a major literary figure, and his Sufi poetry belongs to a tradition that draws on the work of poets such as Ibn al-Fari?, Ibn al-?Arabi, al-Bu?iri, and ?Ali Wafa. In addition to their literary value, the poems are an important source for the study of Sufi theology and practice in Ottoman Egypt, including to such topics as the cult of the saints, the use of coffee for ritual purposes, the controversial appropriation of Ibn al-?Arabi's monist theology, and the establishment of sacred lineages. The editors have also included short Arabic and English introductions and an appendix that identifies the manuscript sources for each poem. This book will be of interest to students of Arabic literature, Sufism, and Ottoman intellectual history.

The interpreter of secrets ; the diwan of Sayh Muhammad b. Abï al-Hasan al-Bakrï

Edition de deux textes médiévaux égyptiens de l’auteur soufi bien connu, Sha‘arani : le Guidebook for Gullible Jurist and Mendicants to the conditions to Befriending Emirs et son abrégé, le Abreviated Guidebook for Gullible Jurist and Mendicants to the conditions to Befriending Emirs.

The Guidebook for Gullible Jurists and Mendicants to the Conditions for Befriendig Emirs and The Abbreviated Guidebook for Gullible Jurists and Mendicants to the Conditions for Befriendig Emirs by 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad 'Ali al-Sha'rani

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