Muslim Saints and Mystics Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’ ( Memorial of the Saints ) by Farid al-Din AttarTranslated by A. J. Arberry Abu Yazid al-BestamiAbu Yazid Taifur ibn ‘Isa ibn Sorushan al-Bestamiwas born in Bestam in north-eastern Persia, thegrandson of a Zoroastrian; there he died in261(874) or 264(877), and his mausoleum stillstands. The founder […]