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14. ________. The Wellsprings of Wisdom: A Study of Abû Ya`qûb al-Sijistânî's Kitâb al-Yanabi including a Complete English Translation with Commentary and Notes on the Arabic Text. University of Utah Press, 1994.
15. ________.Abû Ya`qûb al-Sijistânî:Intellectual Missionary. London: I.B. Taurus, 1996.
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