Annemarie Schimmel
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Annemarie Schimmel SI HI TCLN was an influential German scholar of Islamic studies who wrote extensively on Islam, especially Sufism. She was a professor at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992.
The grave of Annemarie Schimmel and her mother, with a quotation from Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib: "People are asleep. When they die, they wake up."[citation needed]
Sultan Walad
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Baha al-Din Muhammad-i Walad, better known as Sultan Walad, was a Sufi and scholar. The eldest son of Rumi, he became one of the founders of the Mevlevi Order.
Sultan Walad preaching in Balkh. Illustration from a manuscupt of the Jami' al-Siyar, created in Baghdad, c. 1600
A copy of Ibtida Nama (date unknown)
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