CSI Monday Majlis: Eliza Tasbihi
Monday, 27 April 2026 at 17:00
Hidden in Plain Sight: ?SM???L AN?ARAV?’S COMMENTARY ON ‘BOOK SEVEN’ OF R?M?’S MATHNAW?
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Abstract:
Through untouched manuscripts, Tasbihi’s Hidden in Plain Sight: ?smā?īl An?aravī’s Commentary on ‘Book Seven’ of Rūmī’s 惭补迟丑苍补飞ī (2025) examines the apocryphal Book Seven of the 惭补迟丑苍补飞ī, which has never been studied. Why was it added to Rūmī’s 惭补迟丑苍补飞ī? What were its implications in the Mevlevī centers in 17th-century Ottoman society or in Persian speaking societies in India and Iran? Was Book Seven added on the Indian subcontinent or in the Ottoman Empire?
Bio:
Eliza Tasbihi is a Researcher, Lecturer, and the Specialized Cataloguing Editor for Islamic Manuscripts at McGill University. Her research specializations are early modern Islamicate intellectual history and theology with a focus on textual analysis of Sufi literature and theological writings in Ottoman and Persian, Iran, and the broader Persianate world up to the 19th century. She has published on Sufism, theology, Persian literature, specifically Rūmī’s 惭补迟丑苍补飞ī and its reception in the Persianate world, as well as on classical, medieval, and early modern Sufism.
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Institute of Arab and lslamic Studies
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