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Letter #18

To Qazis of Maghrib-i-Aqsa

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, salvation is confined to the believers, and His
Wrath strikes down those who are cruel, and I testify that our master Muhammad,
praise and peace be upon him and his descendants, is the head and chief of His
Messengers.

It is mainly due to the effort of Imam Marwan, a distinguished judge, that a mere
acquaintance between myself and the honorable Sardar Mu'tamadul Mulk Amin-ud-
Daula has ripened into a deep friendship which is dearer to me than if he were one of
my nearest relatives, for he is the greatest mystic in the mystical movement of today

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and one of the greatest mystics in the history of Islam. I do not remember whether or