Thawaqib al-manaqib-i awliya? Allah

Jalal al-Din Rumi (Mawlana) is the most famous and widely quoted mystical poet of the Persiate world. Ever since he passed away in 672/1273, people have studied, commented and recited his works, both in the Muslim world and, in modern times, also in the West. After Firidun Ahmad Sipahsalar's (d. before 712/1312) Risala-yi Sipahsalar dar manaqib-i khudawandigar, the second most detailed source on Rumi in Persian is Shams al-Din Ahmad Aflaki ?Arifi's (d. 761/1360) Manaqib al-?arifin. A follower of Rumi's grandson Jalal al-Din Firidun (d. 719/1320), Aflaki could include a lot of first-hand information in his work. Aflaki's work saw at least two revised editions: the Khulasat al-Manaqib by Ahmad b. Mahmud (early 9th/15th century), and the work published here by ?Abd al-Wahhab b. Jalal al-Din Hamadani (d. 954/1547). Composed in Egypt where he had sought refuge from Safavid anti-Sunni policies, he abridged the original text, removing mistakes and redundant, inappropriate, and un-Persian, 'alien' material.