The article tells about the life and work religious views of Hoja Arif Raugari, 2nd priest Khojagan community in initial period existence Nakhishbandiyya sect, which occupies an important place Central Asia. Raugari is a man who lived very difficult period. His youth coincided with heyday Karakan era. After that, Seljuks, Karakhits, Khorezm Shah were destined to end their lives Shagatai Empire,...

In this article, an attempt has been made to make a nuanced study of the images portrayed shaikh by Hamid Qalandar and his protagonist, Shaikh Nasiruddin, in malfuzat entitled Khairul Majalis. It highlights that willingly chose path faqr (poverty), faqa (deprivation/hunger) wanted renounce duniya wa khalq (world people), which resulted antipathy towards shughl (government service) state all its...

The article deals with the history of contacts between mountain peoples Caucasus and Kurds Ottoman Empire Persia in 18th - 19th centuries. Using diplomatic other official documents, as well memoirs summarizing results previous studies, analyzes dynamics characteristics these context geopolitical rivalry several empires region. proximity Dagestan Kurdistan, their location at crossroads merchants...

buraq baba or buraq e rumi of mawlawiya sect was born in tuqat (between kunya and sivas) (mid of 7th century a.h).he became one of mashayikh of baba'iya after his apprentice to his murshid sari saltuq and was entitled buraq. apparently baba'iya was subdivision of mawlawiya specially its qalandari tariqas (ways) which was vocal in azerbaijan and anatolia for a long time. buraq baba&apo...

Works written in Eastern Turkic Central Asia are of great importance the field Islamic Literature. Some these works were type doctrine and some them legend. Hagiographies have been subject many researchers, especially fields language, literature, theology history, both terms language content. The ṣūfī-poet Hodja Aḥmad al-Yasawī (d. 562/1166), who was founder Yasawī tariqa (order), had an import...

ORIGINS OF THE IDAW ALIThe Idaw ‘Ali are one of the two most prominent and influentialzuwaya groups in Mauritania, other being Kunta, disseminatorsof Qadiriyya tariqa West Africa who claim to be descendants ofthe great Arab hero conqueror North Africa, Uqba b. Nafi. Thebasis prestige rested part on their widelyrecognized sharifian origin. Another basis was theirintroduction Tijaniyya Mauritania...

Research objectives: To identify the features of appearance and activity in Siberian Khanate last Taibugid Prince Seidyak Kazakh tsarevich, Uraz-Muhammad. materials: This work was carried out on basis analysis published chronicles various origins, collection Utemish Hadji, dastans Kadyr Ali-bek, unpublished documents from fund 127 (relations with Nogai Tatars) RGADA, chronicle Ivan Chereapanov,...