Introduction -- Part I: 1. Persianate Sufism in the 12th-13th centuries -- 2. The rise of Awhad al-Din Kirmani -- 3. The fall of Awhad al-Din Kirmani -- 4. Friends or foes? Ibn Jawzi's criticisms of shahid bazi assessed through Kirmani's Hagiography -- Conclusion -- Part II: Translation of Kirmani's Hagiography -- Notes to the Hagiography.