The Life and Work of Muhammad Jalal-Ud-Din Rumi

New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 2006. Reprint. Octavo with purple spine and multicolor wraps; xv, 306 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: illustrations; 22 cm Very good (+) to near fine (-); light edgewear and bumped corners; price sticker to back of wraps; pages are clean and binding tight. Paperback. ISBN: 8171512682

"Until the publication of the present volume no attempt has been made to write for to general public a biography and aesthetic appreciation of the man who enriched humanity with such splendid and massive contributions to literature and thought...fortunately this lamentable neglect has now been repaired with the issue of Afzal Iqbal's The Life and Thought (now Work) of Maulana Jalal-ud-din rumi. The author of this excellent monograph...has read deeply trhe extensive writings of Rumi, and what others have said on the subject in ancient and modern times. While his approach to the poet is sensitive, and his aesthetic analysis most delicate, he displays acute powers of scholarly criticism in discussing the difficult problems that surround Rumi's biography." --Back cover.