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Persian mystic and muhaddith Shaikh Abu Eshaq Ebrahim b. Shahriar Kazaruni, who is the founder of the Sufi order Kazaruniya (Kazaruni spiritual chain), also known as Eshaqiya or Morshidiya, was born in 963 in the city of Kazeroon in Shiraz. He is known as one of the three greatest mystics of Shiraz alongside Ibn Khafif (Shaikh al-Kabir) and Ruzbehan Baqli. It is worth noting that the Kazaruniya Sheikh, whose jihadist characteristics are mentioned rather frequently in the literature, especially advised his murids to acquire knowledge. There are two Manaqib-Naameh in Farsi that contain significant information about the establishment process of the Kazaruniya order, namely Firdaws al-Morshadiya and Marsad al-Ahrar. Both of these Manaqib-Naameh are the Farsi translations of the works written in Arabic by Khatib Imam Abu Bakr, a disciple (murid) of Shaikh Abu Eshaq, whose original copies are not available today. The fact that the styles of the translators of these two works are different although the source of both works are the same, and they include similar Sufistic narratives regarding Shaikh Abu Eshaq makes both works unique. Firdaws al-Morshadiya provides important information regarding the lives and Sufistic philosophies of not only Abu Eshaq but also the mystics who came before him. This study investigates the importance of Firdaws al-Morshadiya in Sufi literature and discusses the life of Shaikh Abu Eshaq Kazaruni, as well as dervish lodges and zawiyah founded in Anatolia in the names of dervishes subscribing to the Kazaruniya order.

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