Published in New Approaches in the Research on the Crown of Aragon: Cross-cultural Studies of Muslim West and the Mediterranean. New lights on research

Keywords: Al-Šuštarī, Grenadian Sufis, Sufi mystical poets, Sufism in al-Andalus, Sufism history.

Al-Šuštarī, inhabitant of Granada, is one of the most influential Sufis along the history of Sufism. He was the first one including the zağal in the Sufi poetry. His stanzas are still being recited in spiritual dances all around the muslin world. His fame as a poet overshadows other aspects of his personality that we consider interesting to be inquired.