"The Degrees of Esoteric Gnosis and Gnostics in Persian Shi‘i Theosophy: Sa’in al-Din Turkah Isfahani (d. 830/ 1437) and ‘Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji (d. 1072/1661-2)”

A respected author, translator and lecturer in the area of Islamic studies and a specialist in Persian language and Sufi literature, the late Dr Lewisohn (1953 - 2018) was a Research Associate at the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Associate Member of the Centre for Iranian Studies also at SOAS . Dr Lewisohn's works include Beyond Faith and Fidelity: the Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari (London, 1993), a critical edition of Divan-i Muhammad Shirin