Research on Islamic mysticism and Persian literatureFrench
Christine Tortel is a French scholar of Islamic mysticism, Persian literature, and Sufi texts. Through her translations and studies of works by Iranian mystics, she has helped introduce the Persian mystical tradition to French-speaking readers.
Christine Tortel is a French scholar of Islamic mysticism and Persian literature whose academic work has focused substantially on the study and translation of Iranian mystical texts. She is particularly known for her work on the writings of Attar of Nishapur and Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani.
Among her works are French translations of Attar’s Asrār-nāma and Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani’s Tamhīdāt. These projects reflect her sustained attention to language, concepts, and mystical experience in classical Persian texts.
Her book Abol-Hasan Kharaqani examines the life, spiritual states, and sayings of this Iranian mystic. Drawing on sources such as Nūr al-ʿUlūm and Attar’s Tadhkirat al-Awliyā, Tortel seeks to analyze Kharaqani’s place in the history of Iranian and Islamic Sufism.
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