HADQAT AL-‘ARIFIN» AND ITS MANUSCRIPTS

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.