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Manāqib al-ʻārifīn (Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360))

Author

Aflākī, Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad (-1360)

شمس الدين أحمد الأفلاكي العارفي

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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.].

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British Library Add. 25025

British Library Or. 225

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. A 2430

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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

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2866

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3462

National Library 239

Physical Description

Number of folios

420 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

17

History

Date of copy

possibly 15th. century