ʽAlī al-Aʽlā (d.1419) was a follower of Fazlallah Astarabadi and a prominent proponent of Hurufism. He had a prodigious literary output and is esteemed by the Bektashi as the missionary who brought Astarabadi material to them.[1]
Works
edit- Book of the Divine Footstool
References
edit- ^ Shahzad B. (2005) Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis, Oneworld Publications
Further reading
edit- Algar, H. (1985). "ʿALĪ AL-AʿLĀ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/8: Alafrank–Alp Arslan. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 858. ISBN 978-0-71009-097-3.
- Arslan, Hüseyin Ongan (2022). "ʿAli al-Aʿlā and the Early History of Horufism". Journal of Persianate Studies: 1–27. doi:10.1163/18747167-bja10015.