NAQSHBANDI SHEIKH OF THE VOLGA-URAL REGION M.-Z. KAMALOV AND HIS COMPOSITION “TABSIRAT AL-MURSHIDIN…” Cover Image

НАКШБАНДИЙСКИЙ ШЕЙХ ВОЛГО-УРАЛЬСКОГО РЕГИОНА М.-З. КАМАЛОВ И ЕГО СОЧИНЕНИЕ «ТАБСИРАТ АЛ-МУРШИДИН…»
NAQSHBANDI SHEIKH OF THE VOLGA-URAL REGION M.-Z. KAMALOV AND HIS COMPOSITION “TABSIRAT AL-MURSHIDIN…”

Author(s): Alsu Khasavnekh
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Islam studies, History of Islam, Translation Studies
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: Mohammad Murad Ramzi; Muhammad Zakir al-Chistavi; genre of hagiography; Sufism; manuscripts; Naqshbandi tariqah; ritual practice; silsila; exhortation letters (maktubat);

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes the biographical information about the Tatar sheikh of the Naqshbandi tariqah Muhammad Zakir al-Chistavi, the source of which were the Arabic-language manuscripts from the archival funds of Dagestan. We give an overview M.-Z. Kamalov’s composition “Tabsirat al-murshidin…”, which considers in detail the issues of ethics and ritual practices of the Sufis of the Khalidiya branch of the Naqshbandi tariqah. We also highlight strong centuries-old historical, cultural and religious connections between the Volga-Ural Region and the Northern Caucasus.

  • Issue Year: 155/2013
  • Issue No: 3 (2)
  • Page Range: 120-126
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian