Ebook: The Magic Doe

Cover; Contents; Foreword: In Memory of Aditya Behl; Introduction: Mirigāvatī: The Magic Doe; Prologue; The Story of Mirigāvatī and Rājkunvar; Envoi; Notes.;Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur. Composed in 1503 as an introduction to mystical practice for disciples, this powerful Hindavi or early Hindi Sufi romance is a richly layered and sophisticated text, simultaneously a spiritual enigma and an exciting love-story full of adventures. The Mirigavati is both an excellent introduction to Sufism and one of the true literary classics of pre-modern India, a story that draw.