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A searchable archive of manuscripts, translations, articles and recordings — filtered by order, language, century and format.

PDF·Arabic·13th c.

Fawāʾiḥ al-Jamāl wa Fawātiḥ al-Jalāl

Najm al-Dīn Kubrā

Foundational Kubrawī treatise on visionary states, coloured lights, and the discipline of the seeker.

najm-al-din-kubravisionsphotismschilla
Source: Archival scan; scholarly edition of Meier (1957).
Catalogue record
PDF·English·13th / modern edition c.

al-Uṣūl al-ʿAshara (The Ten Principles)

Najm al-Dīn Kubrā · trans. Silk Road Sufi Atlas, from the Urdu of Muhammad Ghazanfar Ali Waraich

A designed English research edition of Kubra's tenfold path through repentance, renunciation, trust, contentment, seclusion, remembrance, turning, patience, watchfulness, and riḍā.

najm-al-din-kubraprinciplespracticetranslation
Source: Atlas English working translation from the Urdu edition of Professor Muhammad Ghazanfar Ali Waraich, with the Persian translation and commentary attributed in that edition to Abd al-Ghafur Lari. Direct Arabic collation remains in progress.
Manuscript·Arabic·13th c.

Kubra's Short Treatises: Seeker, Traveller, and Adab

Najm al-Dīn Kubrā

Catalog record for the short epistles on bewilderment, travel, and Sufi conduct represented in the Atlas archive and in scholarly editions.

najm-al-din-kubraadabsulukmanuscript
Source: Atlas primary-source archive; compare the scholarly edition of Kubra's minor treatises.
Catalogue record
PDF·Turkic·12th c.

Dīwān-i Ḥikmat

Aḥmad Yasawī · trans. various

The wisdom-poems of Khwāja Aḥmad Yasawī, foundational monument of Turkic Sufi literature.

hikmapoetryturkic
Source: Kazakh critical editions; UNESCO memory-of-the-world project.
Catalogue record
PDF·Persian·16th c.

Rashaḥāt ʿAyn al-Ḥayāt

Fakhr al-Dīn Kāshifī

Definitive early Naqshbandī hagiography, transmitting the sayings of the Khwājagān and Bahāʾ al-Dīn.

hagiographykhwajagansilsila
Source: Persian lithograph editions.
Catalogue record
PDF·Persian·17th c.

Maktūbāt-i Imām Rabbānī

Aḥmad Sirhindī

Letters of the Mujaddid of the Second Millennium — pillar of later Naqshbandī doctrine.

mujaddidiyyalettersdoctrine
Source: Karachi and Lahore editions.
Catalogue record
PDF·Persian·12th c.

Kalimāt-i Qudsiyya (Eight Sacred Sayings)

ʿAbd al-Khāliq Ghujdawānī

Compact codification of the eight Khwājagān principles which structure silent dhikr and vigilance.

principlessilent-dhikr
Source: Composite scholarly editions.
Catalogue record
PDF·Arabic·14th c.

Awrād-i Fatḥiyya

Mīr Sayyid ʿAlī Hamadānī

Daily litany of the Kubrawī tradition, widely recited across Kashmir and Central Asia.

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Source: Kashmiri manuscript tradition.
Catalogue record
EPUB·English·20th c.

The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism

Henry Corbin · trans. Nancy Pearson

Corbin's classic phenomenological study of Kubrawī visionary experience, essential for readers of Najm al-Dīn Kubrā.

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Source: Omega Publications.
Catalogue record
PDF·English·20th c.

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde

Devin DeWeese

Landmark study of the Yasavī tradition and the Islamisation of the Turkic peoples of Inner Asia.

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Source: Penn State University Press.
Catalogue record
Article·English·20th c.

The Waqf Documents of Khwāja ʿUbayd Allāh Aḥrār

Jo-Ann Gross

Analysis of the endowments through which Khwāja Aḥrār organised Timurid religious life.

scholarshipwaqftimurid
Source: Journal articles and monograph.
Catalogue record
PDF·English·21st c.

An Atlas of Central Asian Shrines

Archive editors

Visual survey of the principal ziyāra sites of Central Asia, cross-referenced by order and lineage.

shrinesgeography
Source: This archive.
Catalogue record
PDF·English·21st c.

Nursafardiyya Atem-Ubungen

Nursafardiyya archive

Official book archive item on Nursafardiyya breathing exercises, created in 2006.

nursafardiyyabreathrespiration
Source: Official Nursafardiyya file archive.
PDF·English·21st c.

Nursafardiyya Respiration

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2006 Nursafardiyya respiration text listed in the official archive.

nursafardiyyanafasbreathwork
Source: Official Nursafardiyya book archive.
PDF·English·21st c.

Zurmergan Sufi Martial Arts in Pictures. Beginning Part

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2012 illustrated text on Zurmergan, the Nursafardiyya martial arts stream.

zurmerganmartial artsmovement
Source: Official Nursafardiyya book archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Nursafardiyya's Awakening Meditation (Zikr) and Martial Cosmic (Sema) Dances

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2008 brochure on awakening meditation, Zikr, and martial cosmic Sema dances.

zikrsemamovementmartial
Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Sufism in the Eyes of Nursafardiyya

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2006 brochure explaining how Nursafardiyya frames Sufism inside its teaching.

sufismteachingnursafardiyya
Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Qatron. Sufi School of Perfection

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2007 brochure introducing Qatron as a Sufi school of perfection.

qatronschoolperfection
Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Murshid-Murid Relationship in Nursafardiyya

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2006 brochure on the teacher-student relationship in Nursafardiyya.

murshidmuridlineage
Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Nursafardiyya and the Society

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2007 brochure on the social role and public presence of Nursafardiyya.

societyethicsuzbekistan
Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

A Practical Guide of the Use of Medical Herbal Preparations in the Nursafardiyya Medicine

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2015 guide to herbal preparations in Nursafardiyya medicine, presented here as traditional wellness archive material.

herbswellnessancestral medicine
Source: Official Nursafardiyya medicine archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

Nursafardiyya Essence

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2007 brochure on the essence and orientation of the Nursafardiyya teaching.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

The Divine Philosophy of Nursafardiyya

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2005 brochure on the divine philosophy articulated by Nursafardiyya.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

The Truth About Nursafardiy. Book I

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2005 archive text listed in the official Nursafardiyya brochure library.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Brochure·English·21st c.

14 Steps Towards Perfection

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2005 archive item on stages of perfection in Nursafardiyya.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya brochure archive.
Article·English·21st c.

Health-Disease (HS) Code

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2024 archive item listed under Nursafardiyya healing materials.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya site.
Article·English·21st c.

Information Cell-Code

Nursafardiyya archive

A 2024 archive item listed in Nursafardiyya healing materials.

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Source: Official Nursafardiyya site.
Article·English·21st c.

The Medieval Khwajagan and the Early Naqshbandiyya

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History

A modern scholarly introduction to the Khwajagan as a varied medieval field of teachers, rather than a simple uninterrupted order. Essential for testing later lineage narratives.

khwajaganhistorysilsilamethodologyall-masters
Source: Oxford Academic
Article·English·16th c.

Rashaḥāt ʿAyn al-Ḥayāt: Histories of the Khwajagan

ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn Ṣāfī · trans. Muhtar Holland

A foundational later Naqshbandi hagiography. Use it to hear how the tradition remembers the masters, while checking dates and institutional claims against independent scholarship.

khwajaganhagiographysilsilaarif-riwgarimahmud-faghnawiazizan-ali-ramitanimuhammad-baba-samasisayyid-amir-kulal
Source: Al-Baz Publishing edition; bibliographic record
Article·English·21st c.

The Life of Baha al-Din Naqshband and the End of the Chaghatay Khanate

Yukako Y. Sato

A close historical reading of early hagiographic material around Baha al-Din, useful for situating Amir Kulal, political life, and the late Chaghatay context.

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Source: Kyoto University Research Information Repository
PDF·Persian·20th c.

Āgāhī-yi Sayyid Amīr Kulāl

Ghulam Mustafa Khan, ed.

A Persian source collection on Sayyid Amir Kulal, catalogued as an early source for the life of Baha al-Din Naqshband’s teacher.

sayyid-amir-kulalbahauddin-naqshbandprimary-sourcepersian
Source: Maktabah Mujaddidiyah
Article·English·21st c.

Yaqub Charkhi and the Flute Treatise

Study of Charkhi’s Naynāma tradition

Introduces Charkhi as an early interpreter of Rumi’s Masnavi and shows how Naqshbandi concepts entered Persian commentary and ethical pedagogy.

yaqub-charkhirumicommentarypersiannaqshbandiyya
Source: Novateur Publications
Manuscript·Persian·15th c.

Nafaḥāt al-Uns

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī

Jami’s great anthology of Sufi lives. It is both a literary masterpiece and a primary witness to how the Timurid world read its spiritual inheritance.

abd-al-rahman-jamibiographysufi-saintspersian
Source: Public-domain editions and manuscript catalogues
Article·Uzbek·21st c.

Sayyid Amir Kulol — Buxoroning yetti piri

Yettipir editorial archive

Uzbek-language profile of Amir Kulal within the Seven Pirs of Bukhara pilgrimage landscape; valuable for living local memory and terminology.

sayyid-amir-kulalbahauddin-naqshbanduzbekshrinesseven-pirs
Source: Yettipir.uz
PDF·Uzbek·21st c.

Xojagon tariqati va uning ma’naviy merosi

Bukhara State University resource collection

University-hosted Uzbek material that lists the Khwajagan succession from Abd al-Khaliq Ghijduwani through Arif Riwgari, Mahmud Faghnawi, Ali Ramitani, Baba Samasi, and Amir Kulal.

khwajaganuzbekabd-al-khaliq-ghujdawaniarif-riwgarimahmud-faghnawiazizan-ali-ramitanimuhammad-baba-samasisayyid-amir-kulal
Source: Bukhara State University
PDF·Uzbek·21st c.

Abduxoliq Gʻijduvoniy hayotidagi komil inson ma’naviyatini yoritilish

Contemporary Uzbek study

A Uzbek-language study of Ghijduwani’s vision of the formed human being. Useful for vocabulary and reception history; claims should be compared with early sources.

abd-al-khaliq-ghujdawaniuzbekethicsspiritual-formation
Source: Zenodo
Article·Uzbek·21st c.

Hazrat Bahauddin Naqshbandning hayoti va tasavvufiy qarashlari

Bahauddin Naqshband Memorial Research Centre

A substantial Uzbek institutional account of Naqshband’s life, Khwajagan context, work ethic, and spiritual principles. It represents contemporary Uzbek heritage scholarship.

bahauddin-naqshbandkhwajaganuzbekliving-heritageprinciples
Source: Bahauddin Naqshband Memorial Complex Research Centre
Article·Russian·21st c.

Хваджаган: историческая справка и библиография

Russian Wikipedia community, with cited references

A Russian-language orientation page that is useful for names, variant spellings, and bibliography leads. It is a discovery tool, not a final scholarly authority.

khwajaganrussianbibliographydiscovery
Source: Russian Wikipedia
Article·Russian·21st c.

Махмуд Инджир Фагнави

Russian Wikipedia community, with cited references

Russian-language reference entry useful for variant spellings, later devotional accounts of loud dhikr, and bibliography leads for Mahmud Faghnawi.

mahmud-faghnawirussiandhikrdiscovery
Source: Russian Wikipedia
Article·Russian·21st c.

Бахауддин Накшбанди (1318–1389)

Ziyouz.uz editorial archive

Russian-language introduction to Baha al-Din’s life and the inner/outer discipline of the murid. Useful as a reception source and for Russian terminology.

bahauddin-naqshbandsayyid-amir-kulalrussianpractice
Source: Ziyouz.uz
Book·English·20th c.

The Sufis

Idries Shah

Shah's wide-ranging introduction to Sufi figures, stories, and the idea of a practical wisdom tradition. Read it as an influential modern interpretation, not as a substitute for critical editions or historical scholarship.

idries-shahmodern-receptionsufi-studiesreading-path
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

The Way of the Sufi

Idries Shah

A compendium of stories, sayings, poems, and short studies that includes Shah's presentation of the Naqshbandi, Chishti, Qadiri, and Suhrawardi orders. It is a useful map of twentieth-century English-language reception, to be read beside classical texts and specialist research.

idries-shahnaqshbandiyyateaching-storiesmodern-reception
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

Tales of the Dervishes

Idries Shah

A modern collection of tales gathered and adapted from Persian, Arabic, Turkish, literary, and oral traditions. Its value in the Atlas is as a guide to narrative motifs, not as a licence to reproduce Shah's wording.

idries-shahteaching-storiesdervishesstory-tradition
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

World Tales

Idries Shah

A comparative anthology of recurring folktale patterns from many regions. It belongs in the library as a study aid for transmission, adaptation, and story migration rather than as a source for Central Asian lineage claims.

idries-shahfolklorecomparative-readingteaching-stories
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin

Idries Shah

A modern arrangement of Nasrudin anecdotes in which comedy exposes haste, vanity, and fixed ideas. The Nasrudin figure is widely shared across languages and regions; this edition's selection and phrasing remain copyrighted.

idries-shahnasrudinhumourteaching-stories
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin

Idries Shah

A companion Nasrudin collection that uses humour and reversal as an occasion for reflection. It is catalogued as a modern literary reception of a broad folk tradition, not as a primary medieval source.

idries-shahnasrudinhumourmodern-reception
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.
Book·English·20th c.

The World of the Sufi

Idries Shah

An anthology assembled by Shah on Sufi thought, study, and contemporary reception. Read it alongside independently sourced scholarship, especially when it makes historical, institutional, or cross-cultural claims.

idries-shahanthologysufi-studiesmodern-reception
Source: Official Idries Shah Foundation edition and publication record.