Copyright © 2017
by Maryam Mafi
Foreword Copyright © 2017 Narguess Farzad
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ISBN: 978-1-57174-745-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mafi, Maryam, author.
Title: A little book of mystical secrets : Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the path of ecstasy / Maryam Mafi ; foreword by Narguess Farzad.
Description: Charlottesville : Hampton Roads Publishing, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053046 | ISBN 9781571747457 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Sufism. | Mysticism--Islam. | Shams-i Tabråizåi,-1247--Criticism and interpretation. | Jalåal al-Dåin Råumåi, Maulana, 1207-1273--Criticism and interpretation. | BISAC: RELIGION / Mysticism.
Classification: LCC BP189.2 .M335 2017 | DDC 297.4092--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053046
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