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The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû el-Yezdî

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Description: The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi is a long poem written by "Haji Abdu El-Yezdi," who was an invention by the true author Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi translates to "Lay of the Higher Law." The Kasidah was a distillation of Sufi thought. Burton hoped to bring the ideas of Surfism to the West. This book has a biography for the assumed author as well as notes on the poem itself.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1931]
Call number: 636149
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Loren and Frances Rothschild, December 2022.
Dimensions: 26 cm +
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