Tragom sedam pisama dvojice šejhova iz Mekke hadži Mustafa-agi Sudžuki iz Sarajeva
Following the seven letters of two shaykhs of Mecca to Hajji Mustafa-aga Sudžuka of Sarajevo

A supplement to researching the Khalidi branch of the Naqshibandi order in Sarajevo”

Summary/Abstract: The author uses relevant sources and, until now, unknown, original documents, to present to our scientific and cultural audience, for the first time, new information on the ceration and development of the Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi tariqa of Sarajevo and its tight links with the Ǧabal Abī Qubays Zaviyah of Mecca. The paper focuses on seven letters by two shaykhs of the aforementioned zaviyah – Shaykh Sulaymān ibn Ḥasan Zuhdī and his son ‘Alī Riḍā, sent to Hajji Mustafa-aga Sudžuka of Sarajevo. Shaykh Sulaymān Zuhdī managed the zaviyah in the period of 1271/1854-55 - 1308/1890-91, and his son ‘Alī Riḍā from 1315/1897-98 until it was closed, in the second half of the 20th century. These two pronounced hundreds of shaykhs, through which the Khalidi branch of the Naqshibandi tariqa spread across the Islamic world; from Indonesia in the East to Morocco in the West; from Bosnia in the north to Sudan and Zanzibar in the South. By analyzing the aforementioned letters and identifying the persons mentioned in it, the author discovers the Bosniac heritage of Shaykh Sulaymān Zuhdī and the family, from which he, most likely originates.

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