Zahed Gilani

Zahed Gilani designating his son-in-law and eponym of the Safavid dynasty, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, as his spiritual successor in 1301

Taj Al-Din Ebrahim ibn Rushan Amir Al-Kurdi Al-Sanjani (or Sinjani; Persian:تاج الدين ابراهيم كردی سنجانی)‎ (1218 – 1301), titled Sheikh Zahed (or Zahid) Gilani, was an Iranian Grandmaster (murshid-i kamil) of the famed Zahediyeh Sufi order at Lahijan.[1][2][3][4][5] He is also known as Sultân-ûl Khalwatiyya[6] and Tadj’ad-Dīn Ebraheem Zāheed al-Geylānī as well.

According to Minorsky and Elwell-Sutton at the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the tomb of Sheikh Zahed is situated a few miles to the south of the town of Lankaran.[7] However, another tomb dedicated to him can be found in Lahijan.

  1. ^ The Encyclopaedia of Islām: 4. cilt, 1. sayı, Brill, 1934, s. 57: "...Tadj al-Din Ibrahim b. Rawshan Amir b. Babil b. Shaikh Bundâr al-Kurdi al-Sandjani of Gilan..."
  2. ^ Ensiklopedia sejarah Islam, 3. cilt, Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1986, s. 1207: "Sehikh Zahid Taj al-Din Ibrahim b. Rawshan Amir b. Babil b. Sheikh Bundâr al-Kurdi al-Sanjani ..."
  3. ^ Doç. Dr. Süleyman Gökbulut, "İbrahim Zahid Gilanî Üzerine Bir İnceleme", Sûfî Araştırmaları - Sufi Studies, Sayı 13, s. 50
  4. ^ Serap Şah, Safvetü's-Safâ'da Safiyyüddîn-i Erdebîlî'nin hayatı, tasavvufi görüşleri ve menkibeleri, Doktora tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü / Temel İslam Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı Tasavvuf Bilim Dalı, İstanbul 2007, s. 30-31, s.66, s.340
  5. ^ Şeyx Səfi Təzkirəsi. Səfvətüs-səfanın XVI əsr türk tərcüməsi. Bakı: Nurlan, 2006, s. 135
  6. ^ Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Türkiye'de Mezhepler ve Tarikâtlar (Madh'habs and Tariqat in Turkey), İnkılâp Yayınevi, 1997.
  7. ^ Minorsky & Elwell-Sutton 1986, p. 657.

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