Manāqib al-ʻārifīn
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- Work 1: Manāqib al-ʻārifīn (Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360))
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- LOC subject headings
- Mevleviyeh
- Mevleviyeh members
- Islamic hagiography
- Author
- Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360)
- شمس الدين أحمد الأفلاكي العارفي
- Show other names
- Şemseddîn Ahmed el-Eflâkî el-Ârifî
- Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad, d. 1360 (authorised)
- Ahmet Eflâki, d. 1360 (variant)
- Eflâki, Ahmet, d. 1360 (variant)
- Shams-uddīn Aḥmed Aflākī, d. 1360 (variant)
- Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Aflākī al-ʻĀrifī, d. 1360 (variant)
- ʻĀrifī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Aflākī, d. 1360 (variant)
- Aflâkî, Chems-ed-dîn Aḥmed, d. 1360 (variant)
- Chems-ed-dîn Aḥmed Alfâkî, d. 1360 (variant)
- Aflākī ʻĀrifī, Shams al-Dīn, d. 1360 (variant)
- أفلاكى، شمس الدين أحمد،, d. 1360 (variant)
- Biographical notes
- Nothing is known about his place or date of birth, despite some scholars have estimated that he should have been born between 1286 and 1291 [1286-1291 CE]. Apart from his first name (Aḥmad), we do not know his original family name or nisba. His surname “Aflākī” might refer to him acquiring some knowledge of astronomy (Aflāq = planets) at an early age. Although he lived in Anatolia, in his work, he provides no indications that he grew up in Konya, which suggests that that he must have spent is youth outside of Anatolia. There is a reference to his father being patronised by Uzbek Khan and then dying in the city of Sarai, capital of the Golden Horde. Despite this, no specific mention of Aflākī being there is to be found in his writings (see (Aflākī, Aḥmad. The feats of the knowers of God: Manāqeb al-ʻārefīn. Translated by O'Kane, John. Leiden: Brill, 2002., pp. ix)). He mentions that he studies with Siraj al-Din Mawlavi, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin Tūqātī and Nizam al-Dīn Arzanjā nī . Once he entered the mevlevi order, he became a disciple of Jalāl al-Din Rūmī’s grandson Aref Çelebi. The only work produced by Aflākī to our knowledge is the Manāqib al-ʻārifīn (مناقب العرفین) which was the result of a direct request made by Aref Çelebi to write a book containing the life of all the mevlevi leaders up to his time. Aflākī died on the 15th of June 1360 [1360 CE] and he was buried in Konya where his tomb can still be seen.
- Title
- Manāqib al-ʻārifīn
- مناقب العرفین
- Notes
- This is the well-known Persian hagiographic work on the life of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, including chapters on the life of his father (Bahā ʼ al-Dī n Valad, 1150-1231), spiritual masters (Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247) and his family (Sulṭān Valad, 1226-1312; Aref Çelebi; et al.). It also includes anecdotes (hikayat) about early saints of the Mawlawiyya Sufi order. The final version of the work is the result of a compilation of different versions of the work composed by the author in the first half of the 14th century [1300-1350 CE] and from a collection of stories and anecdotes compiled from different parts of Anatolia and Ilkhanid lands. Among the literary sources he used are the Risā lah dar manā qib-i Khudā vandgā r (رساله در مناقب خداونگار) of Farī dū n ibn Aḥ mad Sipahsā lā r and the Maqālāt-i Shams (مقالات شمس) of Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247
- The work was compose between 1318 and 1350 [1318-1350 CE].
- Main language of text
- Persian
- Bibliography
- Editions
- Aflākī, Aḥmad. The feats of the knowers of God: Manāqeb al-ʻārefīn. Translated by O'Kane, John. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
- Aflākī, Aḥmad and Sir James W Redhouse. Legends of the Sufis : selected anecdotes from the work entitled The acts of the adepts (Menāqibu ʼlʻārifīn). London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1976.
- Aflākī, Aḥmad. The hundred tales of wisdom: life, teachings, and miracles of Jalaludin Rumi from Aflākī's Munaqib, together with certain important stories from Rumi's works traditionally known as The hundred tales of wisdom. Translated by Shāh, Idries. London: Octagon Press, 1978.
- Aflākī, Aḥmad. Manāḳib al-ʻārifīn: metin = Manāqib al-ʻārifīn. Translated by Yazıcı, Taḥsīn. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi, 1976-1980.
- Studies
- Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000.
- Yazıcı, Tahsin. "AHMED EFLÂKÎ." TDVIA. , [n.d.].
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25025
- British Library Or. 225
- Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. A 2430
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 321
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4557
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 810
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 320
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 46
- Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1350
- Ankara Milli Kütüphane 130
- Kütahya Vahid Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi 1652
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2207
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1206
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1207
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1208
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 643
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 414
- Mevlana Müzesi 2149
- Mevlana Müzesi 2148
- Mevlana Müzesi 2150
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 852
- Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 1205
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 1100
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 606
- Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 227
- Bayezit Devlet Kütüphanesi 1843
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 851
- Bayezit Devlet Kütüphanesi 5265
- Edirne Selimiye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 4700
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1205
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 221
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 451
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 206
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 148
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 511
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1794
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 509
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 365
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4530
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2866
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3462
- National Library 239
- Work 2: Risālah-ʼi Sipahsālār (Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad )
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- LOC subject headings
- Mevleviyeh
- Mevleviyeh members
- Islamic hagiography
- Author
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad
- سپهسالار، فريدون بن احمد
- Show other names
- Mecdüddîn Ferîdûn b. Ahmed-i Sipehsâlâr
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad (authorised)
- Sipehsâlâr, Ferîdun (variant)
- سپهسالار، فريدون بن احمد (variant)
- Biographical notes
- According to Seyyid Sahih Ahmed Dede, 1742-1813, ( (Dede, Sahih Ahmed. Mevlevîlerin Tarihi. Istanbul: 2003., pp. 148)), he was born in 616 [1219 CE]. The date is unfortunately not possible to be confirmed from other sources. Little is known about his life but the title Sipahsālār was commonly used as a military distinction in the Seljuq court and many followers of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī were distinguished with this title in the 14th and 15th century [1300-1499 CE]. The title denotes that he should have been under the service of the Seljuq court but at some point after the dead of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī , he left his court responsibilities and dedicated himself to serve the still embryonic mevlevi order. Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad Sipahsālār was closely attached to Rūmī’s first successor Ḥusām al-dīn Chalabī, d. 1284, حسام الدین چلبی. When he passed away, Farīdūn Sipahsālār continued to be part of Rūmī's followers under the leadership of Sulṭān Valad, 1226-1312. The date of his death is not clear. Some suggest the year 712 AH [1312 CE](see (Şimşekler, Nuri. "SİPEHSÂLÂR, Ferîdun." Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi. , [n.d.].)) while others like Seyyid Sahih Ahmed Dede, 1742-1813 proposes 706 AH [1306 CE] ( (Dede, Sahih Ahmed. Mevlevîlerin Tarihi. Istanbul: 2003.)), Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı claims he died between 683-712 [1284-1312 CE](see (Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki. Mevlânâ’dan Sonra Mevlevîlik. İstanbul: 1983., pp. 14-15)) and Franklin Lewis says that he died some time after 1295 [1295 CE], with some venturing to suggest that he died 50 years after Rūmī in circa 1320 [1315-1330 CE] ( (Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000., pp. 243).). His grave was placed next to that of Bahāʼ al-Dīn Valad, 1150-1231
- Title
- Risālah-ʼi Sipahsālār
- رسالۀ سپهسالار
- Notes
- This work is considered among the first hagiographic works containing the episodes in the life of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.
- between 1274-1320 [1274-1320 CE]Konya
- Main language of text
- Persian
- Bibliography
- Editions
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad. Zindigīnāmah-ʼi Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Mawlānā. Edited by Nafīsī, Saʻīd. Tehran: Iqbāl, 1980.
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad. Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Sipahsalar bimenakıb-i hazret-i Hüdavendigār kuddise sırrehü 'l-aʻlā. Translated by Midhat Bahari, Hüsami. Istanbul: Selanik Matbaası, 1331 [1913].
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn Ibn Aḥmad. Menakıb-i hazret-i Mevlânâ Celâleddin Rumi kuddise sirrehü 's-Sâmi: Sipehsālār tercümesi. Translated by Konuk, Ahmed Avni. Istanbul: Arşak Garoyan Matbaası, 1938.
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad. Risālah-ʼi Sipahʹsālār. Kānpūr: Maḥmūd al-Maṭābiʻ, 1319 [1901].
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad. Risālah dar manāqib-i Khudāvandgār. Edited by Muvaḥḥid, Muḥammad ʻAlī and Ṣamad Muvaḥḥid. Tehran: Kārnāmah, 1391 [2012].
- Sipahsālār, Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad. Risālah-ʼi manḥūl-i Sipahsālār: nuskhah-ʼi gumshudah-ʼi Mas̲navī. Edited by Bihīzād, Bahrām. Tehran: Muʼassasah-ʼi Khadamāt-i Farhangī-i Rasā, 1997.
- Studies
- Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000.
- MS Studies
- Dede, Sahih Ahmed. Mevlevîlerin Tarihi. Istanbul: 2003.
- Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki. Mevlânâ’dan Sonra Mevlevîlik. İstanbul: 1983.
- Şimşekler, Nuri. "SİPEHSÂLÂR, Ferîdun." Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi. , [n.d.].
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25025
- British Library Or. 225
- Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. A 2430
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 321
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4557
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 810
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 320
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 46
- Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1350
- Ankara Milli Kütüphane 130
- Kütahya Vahid Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi 1652
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2207
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1206
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1207
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1208
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 643
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 414
- Mevlana Müzesi 2149
- Mevlana Müzesi 2148
- Mevlana Müzesi 2150
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 852
- Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 1205
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 1100
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 606
- Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 227
- Bayezit Devlet Kütüphanesi 1843
- Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 851
- Bayezit Devlet Kütüphanesi 5265
- Edirne Selimiye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 4700
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1205
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 221
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 451
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 206
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 148
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 511
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1794
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 509
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 365
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4530
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2866
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3462
- National Library 239
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