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Abu Ya’Qub Al-Sijistani and Kitab Sullam Al-Najat, A Study in Islamic Neoplatonism

✍ Scribed by Mohamed Abualy Alibhai

Publisher
Harvard University (Dissertation)
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Leaves
303
Category
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