Mahmoud Shabestari

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Mahmoud Schabestari ( listen ? / I PersianAudio file / audio sample محمود شبستری, [ Mæhmud ɛ ʃæbɛstæɾi ]; * 1288 in Schabestar ; † 1340 ) also known as Sheikh Mahmoud Schabestari , was an Iranian mystic and poet in the 14th century. The most famous work by Shabestari is the Golschan-e-Ras .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leonard Lewisohn, C. Shackle: ʻAṭṭār and the Persian Sufi tradition: the art of spiritual flight. IB Tauris, 2006. pg 40
  2. ^ Jon Robertson: Fire and light: an off-road search for the spirit of God. Celestial Arts, 2006. pg 206: The great thirteenth-century Persian Sufi poet Mahmud Shabistari.
  3. ^ Gai Eaton: Islam and the destiny of man. SUNY Press, 1985. pg 53: According to the Persian poet Mahmud Shabistari: "The Absolute is so nakedly apparent to man's sight that it is not visible."
  4. ^ Lewisohn (1995) p. 8th
personal data
SURNAME Shabestari, Mahmoud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shabestari, Sheikh Mahmoud; شیخ محمود شبستری (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian mystic and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1288
PLACE OF BIRTH Cockroach star
DATE OF DEATH 1340