RASHAHAT AIN AL HAYAT, BEADS OF DEW FROM THE SOURCE OF LIFE...

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£500 - £1,000

RASHAHAT
AIN AL HAYAT, BEADS OF DEW FROM THE SOURCE OF LIFE, WRITTEN BY MAWLANA ALI IBN HUSSAIN SAFÎ, PRINTED IN 1269 (AH) 1852/1853 AD
The book is about the lives and teachings of the Khwajagan Masters of Wisdom of the Nasqshbandi Sufi Order who lived in Central Asia between the 10th and 15th Centuries. The ranks of the Khwajagan include the great Sufis Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Ghujdawani and Baha ad-Din Naqshband, who gave his name to the Naqshbandi Order, though he did n’t found it, 420p with an index 5 pages, printed upon the request of The Khedive of Egypt Ekrem in 1269 AH, marbled paper for endpapers, later leather binding with a central stamped medallion, spine tooled in compartments, richly tooled on boards with scrolling vines, 27x19.5x4cm