HADQAT AL-‘ARIFIN» AND ITS MANUSCRIPTS

Authors

  • Туякбaев О.О. КазНУ имени аль-Фараби
  • Мевлут Е. Хaджеттепе унверситеті, Түркия, Анкaрa

Abstract

In  the  academic scientific environment, year by  year, the  number of  fundamental studies of   the history and theory of the mystical religion of Islam ­ Sufism is increasing. Recently, Chagatai religious works have attracted a lot of attention of researchers, as  the  primary source on  the  his­  tory of formation and the peculiarities of «Popular Islam» in Central Asia. One of interest Chagatay works to researchers is «Khadiqat al­‘arifin» (end of the XIVth century). It was written by a prominent representative of the Yasawi Sufik school Ishaq Khoja  ibn  Isma’il  Ata  al­Qazygurti  al­Turkistany. This article provides  a  brief  overview  of  the  manuscripts  of  this  work,  preserved  in  foreign funds.

Key words: Hagiography, Sufism, Yasawi, Manuscript, Codicology, Chagatai language.

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Published

2019-02-07