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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

Collection

Halet Efendi Ek

Shelfmark

92

Contents

Work 1: Al-Manāhij al-Sayfiyya (Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century)

LOC subject headings

IslamDoctrines

Author

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي

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Khūyī

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī , fl. mid 6th/13th century (authorised)

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي (variant)

Biographical notes

According to his nisba he was from Khūy (Iran) and apparently lived in Konya (Turkey). Nothing is known of the life of this author, and even the attribution of works to him has been debated by modern scholars despite unambiguous references to him as the author in manuscripts. Judging by the formula with which his name is mentioned in the earliest manuscript, Suleymaniye Library, Halet Ek 92, he must have been dead by the time that work was copied in 660 AH [1262 CE]. The field has been muddied by Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s identification with the semi-mythical figure of Ahi Evren, اخي اوران, the purported founder of akhī groups in Anatolia (see (Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.) ). This can certainly not be sustained, as it is based on assuming the identity of Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī with the full name of Ahi Evren as given in his waqfiyya, Nāṣir al-Dīn Pīr-i Pīrān Akhī Evren (or Evrān) ناصر الدين بير بيران اخي اوران. Nāṣir ناصر and Naṣīr نصير are however, quite different words and cannot be interchanged. The waqfiyya also contains no reference to the Khuy nisba that our author holds. In addition, all the indications are that Ahi Evren probably died in the 8th century [1300-1399 CE] early , whereas Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī, judging by the manuscripts, must have been active in the mid thirteenth century; he was certainly writing before 660 AH [1262 CE], the date of the earliest extant manuscript. Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s extant works bear strong similarities to the style and approach of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī, and have been published with attributions to that author. Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255)) argues he may have been a member of Qunawī’s circle. However, the only near-contemporary who is directly referred to in the texts is Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī . For a discussion of authorship, see (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255-62).

The attribution of this work to Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century is uncertain

Title

Al-Manāhij al-Sayfiyya

المناهج السيفية

Notes

This work is dedicated to Sayf al-Din Tughril, سيف الدين طغرل. Chittick comments that he was ‘a government official apparently employed at one of the Seljuk courts of Anatolia. His name suggests that he was born a Turk. He seems to have recently converted to Islam or, if he was a born Muslim, he had decided to take religion seriously’ ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. xi)). No evidence for any individual named Sayf al-Din Tughril has come to light from any other source. The Al-Manāhij al-Sayfiyya provides an outline of what Sayf al-Din needs to understand about God, and then detail on obligatory practices for every Muslim. Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. xi)) has described the text as indicating ‘the lowest common denominator' of Sufi practice.

The editions of this work is ascribed to Abu’l-Ḥaqā’iq Muḥammad al-Juwaynī, ابو الحقائق محمد الجويني and corrections to the edition can be found in (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 268-70). The ascription to Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī is based on the evidence of the unique ms, which gives the author’s name on the title page: كتاب المناهج السيفية تاليف الشيخ الامام العالم العامل المحقق المتودع سيد المشايخ والابدال نصير الملة والدين ابو الحقائق محمود بن احمد قدس الله روحه و جعل في اعلى عليين درجته بفضله و كرمه و سعة جوده . Although Chittick states that the author’s name can also be read as Juwaynī, as the text’s Iranian editor also read, but the reading Khūyī seems clear from the ms. Confidence in the Iranian editor’s palaeographic abilities is also diminished by the fact that he read the unambiguous Maḥmūd as Muḥammad.

A later note on the title page claims that this work was composed for Ertughrul b. Suleymanshah, the ancestor of the Ottomans, by one of the 'ulama' of his age.This doubtless derives from an attempt to identify the dedicatee,Sayf al-Din Tughril, with Ertughrul.

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

1r-33r

Bibliography

Editions

al-Juwaynī, Abu’l-Ḥaqā’iq Muḥammad. Manāhij al-Sayfiyya. Edited by Hirawī, N. Māyil. Tehran: 1363.

Studies

Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.

Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992.

Taeschner, Fr.. "Akhī Ewrān." Encyclopaedia of Islam. , [n.d.].

İlhan, Sahin. "Ahî Evran." TDVİA. I, [n.d.]: 529-30.

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Work 2: Maṭāli’ al-Īmān (Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century)

LOC subject headings

IslamDoctrines

Author

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي

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Khūyī

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī , fl. mid 6th/13th century (authorised)

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي (variant)

Biographical notes

According to his nisba he was from Khūy (Iran) and apparently lived in Konya (Turkey). Nothing is known of the life of this author, and even the attribution of works to him has been debated by modern scholars despite unambiguous references to him as the author in manuscripts. Judging by the formula with which his name is mentioned in the earliest manuscript, Suleymaniye Library, Halet Ek 92, he must have been dead by the time that work was copied in 660 AH [1262 CE]. The field has been muddied by Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s identification with the semi-mythical figure of Ahi Evren, اخي اوران, the purported founder of akhī groups in Anatolia (see (Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.) ). This can certainly not be sustained, as it is based on assuming the identity of Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī with the full name of Ahi Evren as given in his waqfiyya, Nāṣir al-Dīn Pīr-i Pīrān Akhī Evren (or Evrān) ناصر الدين بير بيران اخي اوران. Nāṣir ناصر and Naṣīr نصير are however, quite different words and cannot be interchanged. The waqfiyya also contains no reference to the Khuy nisba that our author holds. In addition, all the indications are that Ahi Evren probably died in the 8th century [1300-1399 CE] early , whereas Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī, judging by the manuscripts, must have been active in the mid thirteenth century; he was certainly writing before 660 AH [1262 CE], the date of the earliest extant manuscript. Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s extant works bear strong similarities to the style and approach of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī, and have been published with attributions to that author. Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255)) argues he may have been a member of Qunawī’s circle. However, the only near-contemporary who is directly referred to in the texts is Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī . For a discussion of authorship, see (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255-62).

The attribution of this work to Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century is uncertain

Title

Maṭāli’ al-Īmān

مطالع الايمان

Notes

The text aims to explain the three principles of Islam: tawḥīd (God’s unity), nubuwwa (prophecy), and ma‘ād (eschatology)

It has been suggested by Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 256-7)) that this work may be by Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī, as is is found together in the same manuscript and share a similar style and interests with the al-Manāhij al-Sayfiyya. However, their authorship must be regarded as very uncertain.

The edition is ascribed to Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī, something done also, albeit with caution, by Todd (see (Todd, Richard. The Sufi doctrine of man: Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi's metaphysical anthropology. Leiden: Brill, 2014., pp. 185)).

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

32v-49r

Bibliography

Editions

Qunawi, Sadr al-Din. "Tabṣirat al-Mubtadī." Ma‘ārif. I 1364: 69-128.

Translations

Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992, 59-109.

Studies

Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.

Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992.

Taeschner, Fr.. "Akhī Ewrān." Encyclopaedia of Islam. , [n.d.].

İlhan, Sahin. "Ahî Evran." TDVİA. I, [n.d.]: 529-30.

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Work 3: Tabṣirat al-Mubtadi (Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century)

LOC subject headings

IslamDoctrines

Author

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي

Show other names

Khūyī

Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī , fl. mid 6th/13th century (authorised)

نصير الدين محمود بن احمد الخويي (variant)

Biographical notes

According to his nisba he was from Khūy (Iran) and apparently lived in Konya (Turkey). Nothing is known of the life of this author, and even the attribution of works to him has been debated by modern scholars despite unambiguous references to him as the author in manuscripts. Judging by the formula with which his name is mentioned in the earliest manuscript, Suleymaniye Library, Halet Ek 92, he must have been dead by the time that work was copied in 660 AH [1262 CE]. The field has been muddied by Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s identification with the semi-mythical figure of Ahi Evren, اخي اوران, the purported founder of akhī groups in Anatolia (see (Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.) ). This can certainly not be sustained, as it is based on assuming the identity of Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī with the full name of Ahi Evren as given in his waqfiyya, Nāṣir al-Dīn Pīr-i Pīrān Akhī Evren (or Evrān) ناصر الدين بير بيران اخي اوران. Nāṣir ناصر and Naṣīr نصير are however, quite different words and cannot be interchanged. The waqfiyya also contains no reference to the Khuy nisba that our author holds. In addition, all the indications are that Ahi Evren probably died in the 8th century [1300-1399 CE] early , whereas Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī, judging by the manuscripts, must have been active in the mid thirteenth century; he was certainly writing before 660 AH [1262 CE], the date of the earliest extant manuscript. Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī’s extant works bear strong similarities to the style and approach of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī, and have been published with attributions to that author. Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255)) argues he may have been a member of Qunawī’s circle. However, the only near-contemporary who is directly referred to in the texts is Awḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī . For a discussion of authorship, see (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 255-62).

The attribution of this work to Naṣīr al-Dīn Mahmud b. Ahmad Khū’ī, fl. fl. mid 6th/13th century is uncertain

Title

Tabṣirat al-Mubtadi

تبصرة المبتدئ

Notes

The text aims to explain the three principles of Islam: tawḥīd (God’s unity), nubuwwa (prophecy), and ma‘ād (eschatology)

It has been suggested by Chittick ( (Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992., pp. 256-7)) that this work may be by Naṣīr al-Dīn Khū’ī, as is is found together in the same manuscript and share a similar style and interests with the al-Manāhij al-Sayfiyya. However, their authorship must be regarded as very uncertain.

The attribution of this work is extremely confused. While several manuscripts attribute it to Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī, others mention Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Bayḍāwī or Fakhr al-Dīn Rāzī as the author. Others have no attribution at all, and it was probably the lack of any such attribution in early mss that led to the confusion.

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

49v-82v

Bibliography

Editions

Qunawi, Sadr al-Din. "Tabṣirat al-Mubtadī." Ma‘ārif. I 1364: 69-128.

Translations

Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992, 59-109.

Studies

Bayram, Mikail. Ahi Evren ve Ahi Teşkilatı’nın Kuruluşu. Konya.: 1991.

Chittick, William C.. Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts. Albany: 1992.

Taeschner, Fr.. "Akhī Ewrān." Encyclopaedia of Islam. , [n.d.].

İlhan, Sahin. "Ahî Evran." TDVİA. I, [n.d.]: 529-30.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

82 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 16cm, height 22.8cm

Dimensions of written area

width 12cm, height 17.8xcm

Columns

1

Ruled lines

17

Hand

Copyist:ʽAlī b. Suleymān b. Yūnus al-Qūnawī علي بن سليمان بن يونس القونوي

History

Place

Ladhiq (Denizli, Turkey)

Date of copy

13th. century

Provenance

Illegible ex libris on the title page