"The Room of Questions"

Akbar
About this Episode
Mughal emperor Akbar gathered mystics, priests, monks, and scholars into a single candlelit room
circa
1575

The Musician the Conductor Pointed to First

Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í
About this Episode
Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í spent his life preparing the ground for a new age he could sense but never see --- his story is the pre-dawn of the morning we inhabit.
circa
1810

The Last Lesson

Siyyid Kázim Rashtí
About this Episode
In a quiet classroom in 19th-century Karbala, Siyyid Kzim Rasht whispered of a sacred change drawing near.
circa
1840

The Sheikh of Brougham Terrace

Abdullah Quilliam
About this Episode
In late Victorian Liverpool, a former Methodist solicitor named William Quilliam returned from North Africa with a new name-Abdullah
circa
1889