From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint
Subtitle: Ibn Al-Farid, His Verse, and His Shrine
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9789774246685
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Islam; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Islam - General; Criticism and interpretation; Sufis; Biography / Autobiography; Arabic; Religion; Middle East; North Africa; Islam - Sufism; Literary; Middle Eastern; Religious; Islam - Sufi; Mysticism; 1181 or 2-1235; Biography; Egypt; Ibn al-Fåariòd, °Umar ibn °Alåi,
First sentence: In 875/1470 cAla ibn Khass Bay, the father-in-law of the sultan Qait Bay, was riding toward Cairo's Qarafah cemetery when he saw before him a man of fine bearing.