Book the First.
Together with some Account of the Life and Acts of the Author, of his Ancestors, and of his Descendants.
Illustrated by a Selection of Characteristic Anecdotes, as Collected by their Historian,
Mevlana Shemsu-'D-Din Ahmed, el Eflaki, el 'Arifi.
Translated, and the Poetry Versified, in English,
By James W. Redhouse, M.R.A.S., &c.
"A complete treasury of occult Oriental lore."—Saturday Review.
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