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Influence
His name is seen in many works including that of the Persian poets Attar, Rumi, Sanai and others. He is also connected with Hallaj. According to one source, it is said that he was in a constant state of (Jadhb) and was finally commited to an asylum .
References
- Leonard Lewisohn, "The Heritage of Sufism: Classical Persian Sufism from its origins to Rumi", the University of Michigan, 1999. pg 53: "Two Persian Sufis - Mansur Hallaj and Abu Bakr Shibli(d. 945), the latter from Samarqand by origin but born in Baghdad
- S.H. Nasr, "Philosophy and Cosmology" in William Bayne Fisher, Richard Nelson Frye, The Cambridge History of Iran (Vol 4.), William Bayne Fisher, Cambridge University Press, 1975. pp 455
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