The Magic Doe: Qutban Suhravardi's Mirigavati

by Qutban Suhravardi and Wendy Doniger

Book Overview

Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur. Composed in 1503 as an introduction to mystical practice for disciples, this powerful Hindavi or early Hindi Sufi romance is a richly layered and sophisticated text, simultaneously a spiritual enigma and an exciting love story full of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199842949
• ISBN13: 9780199842940
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"