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Also Known As Robert Charles Zaehner
Born April 8, 1913
Died November 24, 1974 (aged 61) • Oxford • England
Subjects Of Study Hinduism • Islam • Zoroastrianism • Zurvān • mysticism
Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
Kabir
Indian mystic and poet
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto
British official
Ibn al-ʿArabī
Muslim mystic
Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna
Hindu religious leader
Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī
Indian mystic and theologian
Meera Mandir
Mira Bai
Hindu mystic
Chaitanya
Chaitanya
Hindu mystic
as-Suhrawardī
Persian mystic
Shirdi Sai Baba temple
Shirdi Sai Baba
spiritual leader
mausoleum of Ahmed Yesevi
Ahmed Yesevi
Turkish author
al-Jīlī
Islamic mystic
Jāmī
Persian poet and scholar
Mullā Ṣadrā
Iranian philosopher
al-Fāsī
Islamic teacher and mystic [1530-1604]
al-Muqannaʿ
religious leader
Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
French mystic
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic