Bistami
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Protagonist (Books 2–3 Sufi arc)
Sufi mystic and qadi; survives house arrest under Akbar through a mystical illumination experience, travels west with Maghribi scholars, crosses to al-Andalus, and joins the Sultana Katima's Caravan of Fools as spiritual teacher.
In The Years of Rice and Salt (Kim Stanley Robinson, 2002)