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volume of correspondence to Vladimir Minorsky (1877-1966) recently published by #Mawqufat_e_Duktur_Mahmud_Afshar in #Tehran ImageImageImageImage
Minorsky was a Russian orientalist best known for his work in #Iranian history who served in the Russian missions in Iran before WWI and up to 1917 Image
His expertise meant that while posted in Paris he was involved in the Versailles settlement negotiations and taught at #INALCO
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René Guénon’s association with #Islam and #Sufism is seen sometimes in connection with his acquaintance with ‘Abd al-Halim Mahmud, Shaykh #AlAzhar 1973-1978, defender of Sufism and author of a short book 1955 on #Guénon 1/ ImageImageImage
However, his #Sufism is never far removed from his #traditionalism and in the earliest period it seemed to have been associated with his engagement with esotericism before WW1 #Paris 2/
His first initiation into #Sufism along with initiations into #Buddhism and #Freemasonry began during his period in the #GnosticChurch and his work on #LaGnose journal when he met Ivan Aguéli in 1909 3/ Image
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