Baba Afzal Kashani Iran/Persia (13th Century) Timeline Muslim / Sufi Poems by Baba Afzal Kashani Books - Links

Baba Afzal al-Din Kashani (also written Afdal Kashani) was a respected Sufi philosopher and poet who lived in the Kashan region of Persia (Iran). Although he wrote extensively on philosophy, the popular image of him is as an ecstatic and his mystic poetry is celebrated today for that reason.

Poems by Baba Afzal Kashani

• Find It in You
• My hearing, sight, my tongue and hand: all He
• You must be cross-eyed not to see the Real

Recommended Books: Baba Afzal Kashani

The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry	Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition	The Heart of Islamic Philosophy: The Quest for Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal Al-Din Kashani

Related Links

Afdal al-Din Kashani - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afdal_al-Din_Kashani
A short sketch of his life and works.

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