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The Kashf al-Maḥjúb

The Oldest Persian Treatise on Ṣúfiism

First written 11th century

About this book

Nicholson’s translation of al-Hujwīrī’s Revelation of the Veiled, the earliest treatise on Sufism in Persian, which describes the Sufi schools and their doctrines, including the debate between the partisans of sobriety and of intoxication.

The edition

Title
The Kashf al-Maḥjúb: The Oldest Persian Treatise on Ṣúfiism
Translated by
Reynold A. Nicholson
Publisher
Luzac, London
Year
1911
Edition
E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series

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