Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PH.D., is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide, Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions, Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest, and Tears from the Mother of the Sun, forthcoming in 2025. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org