Epistle on the Customs of the Naqshbandiyya Order

Name: Epistle on the Customs of the Naqshbandiyya Order
Author: Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)

Title	Epistle on the Customs of the Naqshbandiyya Order
Author	Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)
Subject	Sufism
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	VIII + 12 folios
Library:	FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID	Add.1073
Record ID	8985
Library Location	University Library, Cambridge University
Notes	The only known copy of a brief treatise on Naqshbandi practices and rituals by Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī, of the Indian branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, who died in Mecca in AH 1050/AD 1640. Not available in a printed edition. According to Trimingham (1971, pp. 93-94) Tāj al-Dīn ‘had an interesting career and eventually found a niche in Mecca away from the rivalries which ensued after the death of Muḥammad Bāqī bi’llāh. From this vantage point he had much to do with commending the Naqshbandī Way to Arabs. He translated books like Jāmī’s Nafaḥāt and ‛Alī al-Kāshifī’s Rashaḥāt ‛Ain al-Ḥayāt into Arabic. Al-Muḥibbī devotes a long article to him in his Khulāṣat al-Athar’ . See Muḥibbī, M., Khulāṣat al-athar fī a‛yān al-qarn al-ḥādī‛ashar (Cairo, 1384), i, 464-70. It is perhaps better to describe Bahā’ al-Dīn al-Naqshbandī (AD 1318-1389) as the ‘crystallizer’ of the Naqshbandī ṭarīqa , which bears his name, rather than its ‘founder’. It is certain that the Naqshbandī tradition itself does not regard him as a founder nor as the initiator of the silsila as it is clearly noted in this text for example.
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Epistle on the Customs of the Naqshbandiyya Order

Author Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī (d. AH 1050/AD 1640)

Subject Sufism

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions VIII + 12 folios

Library FIHRIST Library

Library Asset ID Add.1073

Record ID 8985

Library Location University Library, Cambridge University

Notes The only known copy of a brief treatise on Naqshbandi practices and rituals by Tāj al-Dīn ibn Zakariyya Mahdī Zamān al-Rūmī, of the Indian branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, who died in Mecca in AH 1050/AD 1640. Not available in a printed edition. According to Trimingham (1971, pp. 93-94) Tāj al-Dīn ‘had an interesting career and eventually found a niche in Mecca away from the rivalries which ensued after the death of Muḥammad Bāqī bi’llāh. From this vantage point he had much to do with commending the Naqshbandī Way to Arabs. He translated books like Jāmī’s Nafaḥāt and ‛Alī al-Kāshifī’s Rashaḥāt ‛Ain al-Ḥayāt into Arabic. Al-Muḥibbī devotes a long article to him in his Khulāṣat al-Athar’ . See Muḥibbī, M., Khulāṣat al-athar fī a‛yān al-qarn al-ḥādī‛ashar (Cairo, 1384), i, 464-70. It is perhaps better to describe Bahā’ al-Dīn al-Naqshbandī (AD 1318-1389) as the ‘crystallizer’ of the Naqshbandī ṭarīqa , which bears his name, rather than its ‘founder’. It is certain that the Naqshbandī tradition itself does not regard him as a founder nor as the initiator of the silsila as it is clearly noted in this text for example.

Koleksiyon Oriental Manuscripts