Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance

Author: Tazim R. Kassam
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0791425916

Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: Hymns of the Satpanth Ismaili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams (Mcgill Studies in the History of Religions)

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