Masters of Wisdom of Central Asia,
*[A5] Paperback - 168 pages,
by Hasan Lutfi Shuhud,
Translated into English by Muhtar Holland.
Description :
Almost a thousand years ago a new and powerful nexus of spiritual
transmission emerged in Central Asia, reaching its culmination in the
work of the
Khwajagan or "Masters of Wisdom". Like the much earlier 'Rishi Pantha' of India, the
Khwajagan were men with with families, who sometimes maintained quite active and forceful connections within society. They exerted a remarkable influence on the destiny of Central Asia but their essential significance lies in their almost unparalleled depth of spiritual mastery.
Among the Masters' inspirational founders were Ahmad al-Yasavi of Chinese Turkestan, the father of Turkish Sufism and
Baha' al-Din Naqshband, from whom the
Naqshbandi Order of Sufis took its name.
Based on primary Persian and Turkish texts, the 'Masters of Wisdom of Central Asia' contains material of great value that has never before been available in English. The author J.G.Bennett referred to these texts in his account of 'higher intelligence' and the Sufi authority, Sayed Idries Shah, often refers to them in his books when writing about the
Khwajagan. Here for the first time, however, the reader can have access to source material.
The 'Masters of Wisdom of
Central Asia' comes from the source of Sufi Teaching. It is an
indispensable work for anyone interested in Sufism, in part or in
totality.
Table of Contents :
---Autobiogrpahical Note
---Introduction
Masters of Wisdom (Not all are listed below)
---Khawaja Yusuf al-Hamadani
---Khawaja 'Abdallah Barqi
---Khawaja Hasan al-Andaqi
---Khawaja Ahmad al-Yasavi
---The Chain of Transmission of the Yasaviyya,
---Mansur Ata,
---'Abd al-Malik Ata,
---Taj Khoja,
---Sa'id Ata,
---Ayman Baba,
---Mawdud Shaikh,
---Kamal Shaikh Ikani.
---Khadim Shaikh,
---Khawaja Abd al-Khaliq al-Ghujdawani,
---Khawaja Ahmad Siddiq,
---Khawaja Awliya Kabir,
---Khawaja Dihqan,
---Khawaja Zaki Khudabadi,
---Khawaja Sulayman Germini,
---Khawaja Azizan Ali al-Ramitani,
---Khawaja Muhammad Baba Sammasi,
---Sayyid Amir Kulal,
---Khawaja Muhammad Baha al-Din Naqshband,
---Qasim Shaikh,
---Khalil Ata,
---Mawlana Baha al-Din Qishlaqi,
---Khawaja Muhammad Parsa,
---Khawaja Musafair Khwarizmi,
---Mawlana Muhammad Figanzi,
---Khawaja Ala al-Din al-Ghujdawani,
---Mawlana Saif al-DinMannari,
---Shaykh Siraj al-Din Kulal Pirmesi,
---Khawaja Ala al-Din Attar,
---Mawlana Husam al-Din Parsa al-Balkhi,
---Mawlana Abu Sa'id,
---Khawaja Ubaydallah Imam al-Isfahani,
---Shaykh Umar al-Bayazidi,
---Khawaja Ahmad al-Samarqandi,
---Sayyid Sharif al-Jurjani,
---Mawlana Nizam al-Din Khamush,
---Khawaja Ubaydullah al-Ahrar,
---Khawaja Muhammad ibn Abdullah,
---Mawlana Sayyad Hasan,
---Mir 'Abd 'al Awwal,
---Mawlana Ja'far,
---Mawlana Khawaja 'Ali Tashkandi,
---Shaykh Fadli Ilahi,
---Sayyad Ahmad al-Bukhari,
---Mawlana Jami,
---Mawlana Ali ibn Hussain Safi.
---Glossary of Sufi Terms,
---Appendix,
---The Way of Liberation (
Itlaq) in Islamic Sufism,
---Bibliography.
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*Dimensions : 21.4 x 14cm.
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