The kitab al-luma fi l-tasawwuf

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THE AL-LUMA
KITAB
L-TASAWWUF
FI
OF
ABU NASR ABDALLAH B. 1ALI AL-
SARRAJ AL-TUSI
EDITED FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH CRITICAL NOTES,
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS, GLOSSARY, AND INDICES
BY
REYNOLD ALLEYNE NICHOLSON
M.A.. Litt. D., Hon. LL.D. (Aberdeen),
Lecturer on Persian in the University of Cambridge,
Formerly Fellow of Trinity College.
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