Horasan İrfanını Anadolu’ya Ulaştıran Kaynak Eserlerden Menâkıb-ı Şeyh Zâhid-i Geylânî

Abstract

One of the prominent figures of Islamic mysticism (sufism) in the 13th century was Sheikh Tajaddīn Ibrāhim Zāhed Gilānī. His ancestors migrated from Khorasan (from Merv area of the modern Turkmanistan) to Lankaran district of Azerbaijan. He was initiated into the Abhariyya branch of the Suhravardiyya sect at the beginning of his youth and began propaganda activities as a religious leader when he was in his late fifties. He traveled for this purpose, invited people to the path of truth, educated thousands of disciples and khalifas and managed to win the love of people. Gilānī had a great influence on the sultans of that era, especially on the Ilkhanid ruler Gazan Khan and gave him some valuable advice about fair government. Sheikh Zāhed, who played an important role in the social life of the region in which he lived, left a large moral legacy behind. The lineage of the most influential orders of the Turkic-Islamic world as Safaviyya, Khalvatiyya, Bayramiyya, Jalvatiyyareaches to this outstanding personality. His shrine is located in Shikhakaran (Hilyakaran) village of Lankaran district today and is frequently visited by the people ot the area. During our research, we achieved the unknown hagiography (Manāqib) of Sheikh Zahed. This work, which is a section of a manuscript book, is in the Kastamonu Manuscript Library (37 Hk 2694, vr. 97a-133a) and consists of 55 chapters. Hagiography of Sheikh Zāhed was partially translated from Persian to Turkish by Meḥmed b. ‘Abd al-Laṭīf from Anatolia in the 15th century. The Persian original of the work has not survived to this day. This paper aims to give information on the manuscript of Sheikh Zāhed’s Manāqib.

Keywords

• sheikh zāhed-i gilānī
• manāqib
• sufism
• khorasan
• wisdom
• ‘irfān