Ibn Arabi's Small DeathIbn Arabis Small Death is a sweeping and inventive work of historical fiction that chronicles the life of the great Sufi master and philosopher Ibn Arabi. Known in the West as Rumis teacher, he was a poet and mystic who proclaimed that love was his religion. Born in twelfth century Spain during the Golden Age of Islam, Ibn Arabi traveled thousands of miles from Andalusia to distant Azerbaijan, passing through Morocco, Egypt, the Hijaz, Syria, Iraq,