Al-Hallaj

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Mansour al-Hallaj (Arabic: ابو المغيث الحسين بن منصور الحلاج, romanized: Abū 'l-Muġīth al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj), also known as Mansour Hallaj (Persian: منصور حلاج, romanized: Mansūr-e Hallāj; c. 858 – 26 March 922; c. 244 AH – 309 AH), was a Muslim Iranain mystic, poet, preacher, and teacher of Sufism, and one of the most controversial figures in Islamic history.

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