ANALYSIS OF SOURCES RELATED TO SUFISM (ZARAFSHAN OASIS XV-XIX CENTURIES)

Abstract

The article contains valuable information about the history of Zarafshan oasis mysticism in the XV-XIX centuries. By the 15th-19th centuries, the activity of the sheikhs of the tariqa in Samarkand and Bukhara decreased somewhat, but the Naqshbandi sect, whose roots go back to the Khojagan tariqa, began to spread widely in the oasis. The transformation of this sect into the leading tariqa in this region is connected with the names of tariqa leaders such as Khwaja Alauddin Attar, Khwaja Ahror Vali, Makhdumi Azam Dahbedi, Muhammad Husain, who lived in the 15th-19th centuries. Unfortunately, their life and spiritual heritage, activities in the tariqa have not yet been fully studied as a separate research topic.

"Kashful mahjub wa rashful matlub", "Silsilai sharif Hazrat Naqshbandiya", "Nasabnomai Hazrat Khoja Buzurg", "Silsilai sharif Hazrat Qadiriya" and "Silsilai sharif Hazrat Chishtiya", "Silsilatul orifin wa tazkiratus siddiqin", about the history of Sufism of the Zarafshan oasis in the XV-XIX centuries. "Sirojus solikin wa latoyiful orifin", "Hujjatul komilin fiy atvorus solikin", "Miftohut talibin", "Irshodul muridin", "Mukhtasari odobul muridin", "Boʻstonul muhibbin" to the Ishqiya, Kubroviya, Naqshbandi and Yassawiya sects are rare primary sources.

In the Zarafshan oasis, it is important to study rare sources related to the history of Sufi tariqas, such as Ishkiya, Kubroviya, Naqshbandiya and Yassaviya. Rare manuscripts related to the history of the tariqa are of particular importance. The article analyzes a number of written sources on the history of the tarikat.

Through the research of various historical sources, it reveals unknown aspects of the past, provides important materials for branches of historical science such as source studies, historiography, Islamic studies, and chronology.