1. For further information on al-Simnānī's life and thought, see Jamal J. Elias, The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of ‘Alā’ al-Dawla al-Simnānī (Albany: SUNY Press, 1995). [BACK]

2. Arghūn was not a Muslim; the idols in question were probably figures of Buddha. [BACK]