Introducing an Unknown Tazkereh Ma’aref al-‘Arefin

Abstract

Ma’aref al-‘Arefin is a valuable tazkereh of mystics and famous sufis of Qajar time and since this era has been considered less by scholars from cultural and literary perspectives, this article aims to introduce the only version of this useful work. This work, written by Muhammad Kazim Tabrizi pen named “Asrar”, is about the biography of almost fifty famous mystics contemporary with the author which besides their biography includes some examples of their sayings and sometimes some parts of their poems and works. The organization of this work is based on the biography of Poles born after Shah Ne’mat Allah Vali and because of this the author has divided the book into seven chapters and named each chapter “Ta’refeh”. Acquaintance with influential figures in Qajar mysticism and Sufism some of whom have been mentioned for the first time in this work, an unknown ratification took place in Ne’mat Allahi dynasty and mentioned only in this work and autobiography of Asrar Tabrizi are the most important issues which are discussed in this research in detail.

Keywords

• Ma’aref al
• Ma’aref al-‘Arefin
• ‘Arefin
• Asrar Tabrizi
• mysticism and Sufism
• Qajar time