Mishkât Al-Anwar

("THE NICHE FOR LIGHTS")

[1058-1111 C.E.]

A TRANSLATION WITH INTRODUCTION

BY

W. H. T. {William Henry Temple} GAIRDNER

[b. 1873, d. 1928]

B.A. OXON; C.M.S. MISSIONARY IN CAIRO; DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES, CAIRO

{First published as Monograph Vol. XIX by the Royal Asiatic Society, London 1924.

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