Modern scholars have been interested in the great Persian Sufi martyr ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 525/1131) for over six decades. Despite this fact, many aspects of his life and thought still remain terra incognita. Our knowledge of the circumstances surrounding his death is a case-in-point. Although we have a fairly good understanding of the factors which led to ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s demise, there are other “causes” which simultaneously complement and problematize this understanding. Chief amongst these are the underlying reasons for ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s critique of the Seljuk government, as well as something which ʿAyn al-Quḍāt saw as a more subtle cause for his death several years before his anticipated state execution.

六十年来，现代学者一直对伟大的波斯苏菲派烈士ynAynal-QuḍātHamadānī（卒于525/1131）感兴趣。尽管有这个事实，他的生活和思想的许多方面仍然不为人所知。我们对他死亡周围情况的了解就是一个恰当的例子。尽管我们对导致ʿAynal-Quḍāt垮台的因素有一个很好的理解，但还有其他“原因”会同时补充这种理解并使之成问题。其中最主要的原因是ʿAynal-Quḍāt批评塞尔柱克政府的根本原因，以及ʿAynal-Quḍāt认为他死于预期的国家死刑前几年的更为微妙的原因。