Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Aziz, Abdul" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1961/March/08 

Series:    

Type:  TALS - Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

To/From:  to Merton from "Aziz, Abdul"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I was greatly pleased to receive your letter last month and regret that due to official"

Contents:  quotes Louis Massignon in stating Merton a "'simurgh', (a very rare bird) among [his] Order" / Muslim "Night of Power" / similarity between John of the Cross and Hakim Tirmizi / interest in mystical prayer in Islam / Imam Riza poem

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Aziz, Abdul:"    1961/March/08