Nuzhat al-zahid

Together with Shaykh Tusi's (d. 460/1067) Misbah al-mutahajjid and ?Ali al-Tamimi's (early 6th/12th cent.) Dhakhirat al-akhira, the anonymous Nuzhat al-zahid (ca. 600/1200) is among the oldest surviving testimonies of Du?a? literature among the Shi?a. As such, it can be regarded as a connecting link between Tusi and the later tradition of Shi?i Du?a? literature, after Ibn Tawus (d. 664/1266). The ...