Inayat Khan

INAYAT KHAN: Life & PoemsTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithInayat Khan (1882-1927) was born in Baroda into one of the most musical families in India. He showed exceptional musical talent and had a beautiful voice and was noted for his exquisite veena playing. He became absorbed in spirituality and read sacred books with great devotion and composed masnavi poems, translated in this book. During his spiritual searchings he met Mohammed Abu Hashim Madani, a Sufi Master and spent the next four years absorbing the heart and soul of his teaching. He founded the International Sufi Movement, travelling widely, inspiring many with the teaching of the Sufi Message. Introduction on his Life, Time, Poems and on Sufi Poetry. Selected Bibliography. 91 pages.~Introduction to Sufi Poets Series~Life & Poems of the following Sufi poets, Translations & Introductions: Paul SmithAMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, AL-MA'ARRI, 'ATTAR, ABU SA'ID, AUHAD UD-DIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, HAFIZ, IBN 'ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN AL-FARID, IQBAL, INAYAT KHAN, 'IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, KAMAL AD-DIN, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, MU'IN UD-DIN CHISHTI, NAZIR AKBARABADI, NESIMI, NIZAMI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RAHMAN BABA, RUMI, SANA'I, SADI, SARMAD, SHABISTARI, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, YUNUS EMRE , EARLY ARABIC SUFI POETS, EARLY PERSIAN SUFI POETS, URDU SUFI POETS, TURKISH SUFI POETS, AFGHAN SUFI POETS Apprx. 90 pages each. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 150 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Lalla Ded, Mahsati and others, and his poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com