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Mansur al-Hallaj
Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism
Years: 858 - 922
Mansur al-Hallaj (c. 858 – March 26, 922) is a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism, who writes exclusively in Arabic.
He is most famous for his poetry, accusation of heresy and for his execution at the orders of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir after a long, drawn-out investigation.
