Manāqib al-ʻārifīn
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- Country
- Turkey
- City
- Istanbul
- Institution
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi
- Collection
- Ayasofya
- Shelfmark
- 3462
Contents
- 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
- Turkish
- Foliation
- 1-117 ff.
- Columns
- 1
- Ruled lines
- 13
- 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.].
Physical Description
- Seal
- Seal of Mahmud محمود
History
- Date of copy
- possibly 16th. century