Mystical Dimensions of Islam

ABBREVIATIONS
Since thi s boo k i s intende d primaril y fo r th e genera l
reader, w e have—thoug h reluctantly—refraine d fro m havin g to o
many footnote s or to o large a bibliography. Th e reade r wil l find
much additional information about personalities , terminology, and
historical fact s i n th e Encyclopedia o f Islam (1913-36 ; 2 d ed. ,
1960–); th e relevan t article s hav e no t bee n mentione d i n th e
footnotes.
The followin g frequently cited work s are abbreviate d
in the text:
A Ab u Nuay m al-Isfahani . Hilyat ul-auliya . 1 0 vols .
Cairo, 1932.
AD Fariduddi n Attar . Diwan- i qasaid w a ghazaliyat. Ed -
ited b y Said Nafisi . Tehran , 133 9 sh./1960. Numbe r
of poem cited.
AP Armaghdn-i Pak. Edited b y Sheikh Muhammad Ikram .
Karachi, 1953.
B Ruzbiha n Baqli. "Sharh-i shathiyat," Le s paradoxes des
soufis. Edite d by Henri Corbin. Tehran and Paris, 1966 .
Paragraphs cited.
BA Ruzbiha n Baqli . "Abhar al-ashiqin, " L e jasmine de s
fidèles d'amour. Edite d b y Henri Corbin . Tehra n an d
Paris, 1958 . Paragraphs cited.
BO Joh n K . Birge. Th e Bektashi Order o f Dervishes. 1937.
Reprint. London , 1965 .
CL Henr i Corbin . L'Homme d e lumièr e dans l e soufisme
iranien. Paris , 1971.
D Jalaluddi n Rumi . Diwan- i kabi r y d Kulliyat- i Shams.
Edited b y Badiuz-Zaman Furuzanfar. Vols . 1-7 . Teh -
ran, 133 6 sh./1957. Number o f poem cited .
G Ab u Hami d al-Ghazzall . Ihy a ulum ad-din . 4 vols .
Bulaq, 128 9 h./1872-73.
H A1 i ib n Uthma n al-Hujwiri . The "Kashf al-Mahjub,"
the Oldest Persian Treatise on Sufism by al-Hujwiri.
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