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The disturbances caused by the Ghuzz tribesmen and the constant wars and conflicts in which Iran was engaged in the 6th/12th Century, the terrible Mongol invasion, all the concomitant distress and despair - this was ideal soil for the nourishment of the most glorious products of Persian mysticism.
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Rypka, J. (1968). Şūfism. In: Jahn, K. (eds) History of Iranian Literature. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3479-1_11
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