8vo. xxiv, 212 pp., publisher’s original wrappers, previous owner’s blind embossed stamp verso front & back cover, biblio, index, including a translation of the “Refutation of the Materialists” from the original Persian by Nikkie R. Keddie & Hamid Algar, copy in mint condition, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983.

Synopsis

Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1838-1897), the well known religious reformer and political activist, led a busy and complex life full of obscure and clandestine ventures. The author draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. In part I an attempt is made to provide an accurate biography and a consistent analysis of Afghani. Part II contains translations of some of his most important writings.