Burton, Richard Francis, Sir,  1821-1890 <br/><br/>
The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî 
 The Kadisah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kasidah  Release date is 2004-07-01 
<br/><br/>This eBook was prepared by Robert Sinton from a source supplied by the Sacred Texts Web site, http://www.sacred-texts.com, thanks to John B. Hare  This eBook was prepared by Robert Sinton from a source supplied by the Sacred Texts Web site, http://www.sacred-texts.com, thanks to John B. Hare 
<br/><br/> "The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî" by Sir Richard Francis Burton is a long poem published in 1880. Written under a Persian pseudonym, Burton presents this work as a translation though no original text ever existed. The poem distills Sufi mystical thought into verse, exploring human reason, ego, and spirituality while drawing from classical Persian masters like Hafez and Omar Khayyam. Burton crafted what scholars call a "spiritual autobiography," attempting to bridge Eastern Sufi wisdom with Western thought through this elaborate literary deception. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>English poetry -- 19th century 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR