Table of Contents
A brief look at the history of Sufism -- Hallaj : the first martyr of Sufism : The life of Hallaj ; Legends and stories of Hallaj -- Abu Saáid : the patron of Sufi music, song, and dance : Abu Saáid's life and teachings ; Anecdotes of Abu Saáid -- Fariduddin Attar : the divinely inspired storyteller : The conference of the birds ; Bahlul, a fool of God ; This too shall pass ; Shaykh Sanáan -- Hakim Nizami : narrator of love stories : Khusrau and Shirin ; Layla and Majnum ; The great secret of Alexander -- Jalaluddin Rumi : Persia's greatest mystic poet : Rumi's life and teachings ; The king and the handmaiden ; The grocer and his parrot ; The philosopher and the skipper ; Musa and the shepherd -- áAbdul-Rahman Jami : the last of the great storytellers : Yusuf and Zulaykha.