Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest

by Pir Zia Inayat Khan

Overview

An artful expression of Sufi teachings through the lens of a medieval Grail romance.
Queen Belacane is dying. As a last act, she inscribes a book of counsels, or prince’s mirror, to guide her newborn son on his life’s path. The queen’s counsels illuminate the way of futuwwa, a tradition of mystical chivalry traced to the Prophet Abraham. If the prince would unite the chivalries of Christendom and Islam and attain the Cup Mixed with Camphor, he must fulfill the pillars of his faith, and uphold the universal virtues of wisdom, courage, temperance, and generosity. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780930872939
Publisher:	Omega Publications
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice with offerings in North America and Europe, as well as online. He is editor of A Pearl in Wine: Essays in the Life, Music and Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Caravan of Souls: An Introduction to the Sufi Path of Hazrat Inayat Khan, and author of Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan with a Critical Commentary by Pir Zia Inayat Khan. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France.

Table of Contents

Tabarruk Shaikh al-Mashaik Mahmood Khan vii

Introduction xi

A Note on Pronouns xvii

Preamble 3

I On the Profession of Faith 9

II On Prayer 19

III On Alms 29

IV On Fasting 35

V On Pilgrimage 43

VI On Struggle 51

VII On the Greater Struggle 57

VIII On Chivalry 69

IX On Wisdom 89

X On Courage 105

XI On Temperance 115

XII On Generosity 125

XIII On Justice 133

XIV On Nobility 139

XV On the Cup Mixed with Camphor 149

Testament 155

Notes and Sources 159

Glossary of Names and Terms 173

Acknowledgements 183

About the Author 185