Islamic in America: The Philosophy and Practices of the Oveyssi

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Citation Sepehri, Golzar. 2019. Islamic Sufism in America: The Philosophy and Practices of the Oveyssi Tariqa. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School.

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| Gabriel Islamic Sufism Geneology | NOVEMBER 2004 Mohammad Ibn Abdullah (Medina - 632 C.E.) | Ali Ibn Abi-Taleb LEGEND: (Najaf- 660 C.E.) | | 2 branches Name (Place of Burial – Date of passage in C.E.*) | | Hossein Ibn Ali | (Karbala - 680 C.E.) | *C.E. (Common Era) = A.D. | Hassan Basri Ali Ibn Hossein (Basreh - 728 C.E.) (Medina - 712 C.E.) | A.H. (After Hijra) = The departure of Prophet Mohammad from | | Mecca to Medina, from which the Mohammadan Era is reckoned Mohammad Ibn Ali | (Medina - 741 C.E.) Habib Ajami = 622 C.E./A.D. | (737 C.E.) Jaffar Ibn Mohammad | (Medina – 765 C.E.) | NAME OF THE SCHOOL | | Mussa Ibn Jafar Davood Taii ( – 799 C.E.) (781 C.E.) | | Ali Ibn Mussa | (Mashad - 818 C.E.) | SOURCES: branches merge | | | English version of Islamic Sufism Geneology by: Ma’rouf Karkhi (Baghdad - 815 C.E.) Tehran University Publications | No. 2361, 1st print, 1998 MA’RUFI-YEH Title: Majalis (Discourses of Ahmad Ghazalie) | Sarii Saghta Annotated by: Ahmad Mojahed (Baghdad – 865-871 C.E.) ISBN: 964-03-3923-7 | Juneid Baghdadi (Baghdad – 909 C.E.) Tehran University Publications | Abu Ali Roudbari No. 1717, 3rd print, 1997 (Egypt – 933 C.E.) Title: Persian Works of | Abu Ali Kaateb Annotated by: Ahmad Mojahed (954 – 964 C.E.) ISBN: 964-03-3870-2 | Abu Authman Maghrebi (Nishaboor - 983 C.E.) | Abol-Ghasem Korrgani (Torbat Haydariyeh - 1058 C.E.) | Abubakr Nassaj (1094 C.E.) | Ahmad Ghazzali (Ghazvin -1126 C.E.) | | 2 branches | | Abunajib Suhrevardi Aboulfazl Baghdadi (Baghdad – 1167 C.E.) (1155 C.E.) | | SUHREVARDI-YEH Abol-Barakat Baghdadi | (Tooiserkan -1168 C.E.) | 4 branches | | | | | Abol-Saud Andelesi SUHREVARDI-YEH SUHREVARDI-YEH Hossein Saqqa Shahabeddin Suhrevardi (Baghdad – 1183 C.E.) | | | (1234 C.E.) | Ghotbeddin Abhari | Mohammad Razi | Abu-Madyan Maghrebi (1181 C.E.) | | Ali Bozghash (Telemsan – 1154? C.E.) | | Hassan Bolghari (Shiraz -1278 C.E.) | Rokneddin Sojasi | | | Aboulfath Saeedi | | Omar Baghestani 2 branches | | | 5 branches | | | Kamaleddin Koofi | | | | | | | Emameddin Mohammad Abdulsamad Natanzi | Saleh Barbari Mahmood Tabrizi Auhadeddin Shams Tabrizi Asileddin Shirazi | (Natanz - 1299 C.E.) (1247 C.E.) (Ahar – 1198 C.E.) (1247 C.E.) (Balian - 1221 C.E.) | | Kermani Abdulsalam Kamoosi | Abdullah Yafe’i | | (Baghdad 1237 C.E.) | | | (Kamoos) 2 branches | | (Mecca - 1366 C.E.) Jalaleddin Molavi Jamaleddin Tabrizi | Zahed Gilani Emameddin | | | (Ghoniyeh - 1274 C.E.) | (1300 C.E.) Masoud | | Mohiyeddin Arabi Sauyeneddin Esfehani Mahmood Esfehani Hossameddin Shah Ne’matallah Zahed Gilani (Dameshgh - 1240 C.E.) | (Balian - 1257 C.E.) | (1431 C.E.) (Kordestan) Shamshiri (Mahan - 1430 C.E.) (1300 C.E.) | Tajeddin | | | | Ardebili Abdullah | | (Alaan) | Sadreddin Hossein Kamoosi 2 branches | 2 branches | (1345 C.E.) Baliani | | | Ghuniavi | | | Yusef Guraani | | | (1274 C.E.) (Balian – 1283 C.E.) | Mohammad Zavarehy Mohammad | Ebrahim Yousef Gourani | | Safieedin Ardebili | | Abdulrahman Shervani | Dosoughi (Egypt) NE’MAT-ALLAHI-YEH (Ardebil – 1334 C.E.) Ali Sivasi Morteza Ali Ardestani Gharashi | | | | | | (Dousough) | Omar Khalvati | Abdulrahman | | SAFAVIAN Mahmood Pir Jamaleddin Ardestani Zaineddin Khavafi | | | Za’ferani | (1474 C.E.) Gharashi KHALVATI-YEH | | (Harat - 1434 C.E.?) | Sadreddin Ardebili | | | Khalil-Allah | (1388 C.E.) | Pir Jamaliyeh Zaineddin khavaffi Sa’deddin ZAINI-YEH (Bidar - 1457 C.E.) Maram Shervani | Za’ferani Ammar Yaser Bedlisi | (Harrat - 1434 C.E.) | (Bedlis - 1186 C.E.) | | | Khaje Ali | Abusaeed Bozghash Shams Maghrebi Moheb-Allah Ezeddin Shervani | | | ZAINI-YEH Shams Maghrebi (Tabriz - 1406 C.E.) ( - 1508 C.E.) | Shaikh Shah (Tabriz - 1406 C.E.) | Fakhreddin Ahmad | Sadreddin Khiavi | 2 branches | | | | | A’raab Dameshghi Atiiyat-Allah | Shaikh Jonaid | Habbat-Allah Shahmir | | Yahya Bakoii Shaikh Najmeddin Kobra Abulfotuh Ahmad | (Dakan) (1455 C.E.) Moulana Turk | (Bakoo - 1463 C.E.) | (Khaarazm - 1221 C.E.) Ahmad Esferghabadi | | | | Mohammad Ibn Shaikh Haydar | Aboulhassan Eshghi Khalil-Allah Dada Omr Roshani (1487 C.E.) | Habbat-Allah Mirjaan (1486 C.E.) | | | | Shahmir ESHGHI-YEH Moheb-Allah, the 2nd | Shah Esma’el, | Habbat-Allah KUBRAVI-YEH | | the 1st Khodagholi Mohammad, the 2nd Shahmir (1523 C.E.) | | Mavaraonahri | | | Atiiyat-Allah, the 2nd | Mohammad Ashegh | | 6 branches | Mohammad, the 3rd | | | | | | Mohammad Farabi | Sa’deddin Hemavi KUBRAVI-YEH KUBRAVI-YEH KUBRAVI-YEH KUBRAVI-YEH | Mahmood Dakani KUBRAVI-YEH Abdullah (Bahr-Abad - 1252 C.E.) | | | | | (Haydar-Abad) | Saif Bakhzari Mohammad Khalvati Baba Kamal Jandi Baha’ Valad | | Majdeddin Baghdadi SHATTARI-YEH Ezzeddin Tavoosi (Bokhara – 1260 C.E.) (Neishabour – 1210 C.E.) (Gazergah) | (1230 C.E.) Alireza Dakani | | | Ahmad Mulana | | (Haydar-Abad – 1799 C.E.) | Aref-Shah Ghazi Ziaeddin Ahmad Bakhzari Ali Lala KHALVATI-YEH | Mohaghegh Tarmazi | 2 branches | Masoum-Ali-Shah Hamedani (Kerman - 1296 C.E.) (Asfarayen, Esfehan | | (1240 C.E.) 2 branches | (1797 C.E.) | | – 1244 C.E.) Nezameddin | | | | Bahaeddin Yahya Bakhzari Hosseini Jalaleddin Moulavi | | | Abul-Ataya Khaled Mohammad Mohammad Hamid Ghaznavi Hamedani (Bokhara – 1335 C.E.) | (Ghuniyeh - 1274 C.E.) Noor-Ali-Shah Esfehani Ahmad Jozaghani | Daneshmand Aref Tabbasi | | (Jozaghan – 1270 C.E.) Ebrahim | (Moosel - 1797 C.E.) Shameddin | | Mohammad | Shams Maghrebi | Eshgh-Abadi Mahmood Abolfotuh MOULAVI-YEH Ghous Shattari | | TABBASI-YEH | (Tabriz – 1407 C.E.) Abdulrahman | Ahmad | | Asfarayeni Mozaffar Karkaani Hosameddin Chalabi | Hamideddin | Noureddin Ali Serajeddin | (Baghdad – 1317 C.E.) | Samarghandi Habbat-Allah (Ghuniyeh – 1284 C.E.) Abdullah Abdullah Shattari | | | | | Shahmir Taghiyeddin Hassan | | 2 branches (1485 C.E.) Sultan Valad | Ajmal Janpouri | Abdulnabi Shattari | | | | | ( 1312 C.E.) Alaeddin Shattari | Ezeddin Ali | Alaodouleh Yahya Ghouri Bodhan Bahrayeji | | 4 branches Semnani (Tabriz – 1351 C.E.) | | Oulov Aref Chalabi Abulfat-h Sarmast | Rokneddin Ahmad | | | | (Sufi-Abad | Mohammad Audi | (Hajipur – 1539 C.E.) Chalabi Abed Ayn-Ali-Shah Hossein-Ali-Shah Kousar Ali-Shah Mehdi Bahr-al-Olum - 1335 C.E.) Hossein Bazzazi | Kamaleddin Hassan | | (1805 C.E.) (Najaf - 1817 C.E.) (Kerman - 1831 C.E.) (Najaf – 1797 C.E.) | (Tabriz) Abdulghoddus | 2 branches | | Haaj Hozoor Gongoohy Chalabi Vahed Akbar | | | | | | Mohammad Aushegh-Ali-Shah | 2 branches KOUSARI-YEH Molla Lotf-Allah | | Mozaffar Bazzaz (Gongooh – 1538 C.E.) Mogherri Jaudjromi Ghazvini Mohammad Ghouth | Chalabi Aulam Akbar | | | | | Borhaneddin ALAODOULI-YEH | Hossein Dezfuli Jannat-Ali-Shah Hossein-gholi Sagharchi | (1562 C.E.) Shaikh Rokneddin | Majzoob-Ali-Shah Mirza Safa | Chalabi Audel Akbar Ahmad Jaudjromi (1909 C.E.) ( – 1878 C.E.) Hamedani (Khata) Mahmood (1575 C.E.) (Tabriz - 1822 C.E.)| (Ray - 1874 C.E.) Vajheddin Gajarati | | | | (Karbala – 1893 C.E.) | Mazdaghani | Sharaeddin | | (Gajarat – 1589 C.E.) Abdulahad Faroughi Chalabi Aulam II Abolfazl Angha 3 branches | KOMAYLI-YEH Hauj Kabir-Agha | Esma’il Sisi (Mo’men-Abad) Mohammad (Ray - 1913 C.E.) (Tabriz – 1906 C.E.) | (1598 C.E.) | | | | | Mohammad Bahaari (Sis - 1383 C.E.) | | | | (Bahaar – 1907 C.E.) | Sayyed Ali Sabghat-Allah | Chalabi Aref II Mohammad Jasebi Mast-Ali-Shah Hossein Mohammad Hosseini | Najmeddin OVEYSSI-YEH Mo’en-al-Olama | Shams Maghrebi Hamedani Ahmad Faroughi Esferayeni (Jaseb - 1887 C.E.) (Jaddeh - 1837 C.E.) Astar-Abadi Hassan Shah (Mando - 1606 C.E.) Chalabi Audel IV | (Tabriz - 1923 C.E.) BAHARI-YEH (Tabriz - 1406 C.E.) (Khatlan – 1384 C.E.) (1624 C.E.) | | | | | | | Mohammad Angha Abolfazl Angha Rahmat-Ali-Shah Mohammad | | | (Ray – 1962 C.E.) Kalal Laknahouri Mahboob-Ali-Shah Ahmad Vahed-al-ayn HAMEDANI-YEH Ahmad Shanavi Shaikh Mohammad Chalabi Jamaleddin (Ray - 1913 C.E.) (Shiraz – 1861 C.E.) | Hassan Dehlavi | Saeed | | | | (Ray - 1955 C.E.) (Mashad - 1904 C.E.) | Sadegh Angha | Alam-Shah Hendi | | Esshaugh Khatlani Ahmad Dajjani (1659 C.E.) Chalabi Khosro Afandi OVEYSSI-YEH 3 branches | | Tauj Aalam (Baghi’ – 1669 C.E.) | (Los Angeles – 1980 C.E.) Naser-Ali-Shah Mohammad (Balkh – 1422 C.E.) | | | | | Abdoul-Ghoddoos | Shaikh Abdul-Ahad Chalabi Farrokh Afandi | Mohammad Angha Mohammad Hassan (Alive) Kazem Assar | Nader Angha Tavoss-ol-Orafa Safi-Ali-Shah Monavar-Ali-Shah Kermanshahi (Ray - 1974 C.E.) 2 branches (1715 C.E.) | (Ray – 1962 C.E.) Moshkoor | (Los Angeles - Alive) (Ray - 1876 C.E.) (Tehran - 1898 C.E.) (Karbala – 1883 C.E.) (Qum – 1891 C.E.) | | | | Chalabi Boostan I | | | | | (Tehran – 1989 C.E.) | Abdol-Hojjat Balaghi Seyyed Mohammad Abdullah Borzesh-Abadi Mohammad Sadegh Angha TAVOSSI-YEH SAFI-ALI-SHAHI-YEH Vafa-Ali-Shah Shams-ol-Orafa Aubed Sonami Chalabi Abubakr Afandi (1956 - C.E.) Noorbakhsh (Borzesh-Abad – 1467 C.E.) ( Los Angeles – 1980 C.E.) | | (Karbala – 1908 C.E.) (Ray - 1934 C.E.) (1747 C.E.) | | Sultan-Ali-Shah Safa Ali | | (Solaghan – 1464 C.E.) | Chalabi Aref III | Nader Angha (Bidokht - 1907 C.E.) (Shemiran - 1923 C.E.) Sadegh-Ali-Shah SHAMSI-YEH | ABDULLAHI-YEH | NOORBAKHSHI-YEH ZAHABI-YEH Mazhar Jaanjaanan (Los Angeles - Alive) | | (Jajaf - 1921 C.E.) | (1780 C.E.) Chalabi Hossein Afandi GONABADI-YEH SAFAI-YEH/ | Hojjat-Ali-Shah | | | 4 branches | | Anjoman Okhovvat Moones-Ali-Shah (1956 C.E.) | Mohammad Bid-Vazi Chalabi Abdulhaleem I Abdullah Dehlavi Ali Gonabadi | (Kermanshah - 1953 C.E.) | | | | (Bid-Vaz) | | (1824 C.E.) (Ray - 1918 C.E.) Mohammad Entezam | Ghasem Noorbakhsh Khazra Shirazi Asiri Lahiji Pir Mohammad | Chalabi Boostan II (1476 C.E.) | (Shiraz – 1506 C.E.) Hamedani Mohammad Khabushani | (1892 C.E.) MOONESI-YEH Mohammad Jaan | Saleh-Ali-Shah | | | Vali Rashki | | (Kharazm – 1521 C.E.) Chalabi Sadreddin I (Ray - 1958 C.E.) Safa-ol-Molk Javad Nourbakhsh 2 branches | | Mohammad Rokneddin | | | | Ali Mashadi Khaboshani Hamedani Gholam-Ali Neishabouri | (Shemiran - 1961 C.E.) (London – Alive) Chalabi Aref IV Reza-Ali-Shah | Shamseddin Hossein Abarghouhi | (Kharazm – 1531 C.E.) | | | Hossein Tabadakani (Bidokht - 1951 C.E.) Alireza Khosravani Araaghi | Abdulghader | Nezameddin Chalabi Abubakr II Aushegh-Abadi Fazl-Allah Mashadi Asad-Abadi (Tabadakan) | (Shemiran - 1966 C.E.) | Kamal Jovayni | Mahboob-Ali-Shah | | | (Mashad) | | Chalabi Mohammad Kamaleddin (Bidokht - 1955 C.E.) Abdoullah Entezam Mohammad Abdulrahim | Jamaleddin Savoji Pir Palandooz Amin Afandi Makhdoom (Mashad – 1617 C.E.) | (Shemiran) | Sodakhari Sabzevari Damavandi Hossein Kharazmi | | | Noor-Ali Tabandeh | Shamseddin | (Kharazm) Chalabi Hamdam Afandi The Officers Assembly SABZEVARI-YEH Abdulhossein Hatam Zaravandi | Rashid (Mashad – 1647 C.E.) | | Kazeruni Chalabi Mahmood Afandi Malek-Ali Jovayni | | | Jalalledin Shoja’ Mohammad Ali Mozen | | Mohammad Chalabi Ebrahim Afandi Ali Sodayri Esma’il (Mashad – 1667 C.E.) | Mir Hossein | Rahnama | Chalabi Mostafa Afandi SODAYRI-YEH Reza Javaheri | | (Esfehan – 1696 C.E.) 2 branches | | Chalabi Abdulvahed Afandi Hassan Sodayri | | | | Ali-Naghi Estahbanati Danial Daana Nezameddin | Chalabi Abdulhaleem II Mohammad (Estahbanat – 1714 C.E.) | | Aushegh | Abu-Saeed | Reza Dodayri Chalabi Mahmood | Mohammad Nayrizi Valad Afandi Sa’dad Najmeddin Harati (Najaf – 1759 C.E.) | | Kamaleddin Sodayri | | Mir Mokhtar Pir Akbar 2 branches | | | Pir Palandooz (Mashad – 1627 C.E.) | | Jalaleddin Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad Ma’soom Ali Ma’soom | Mohammad Bid-Abadi Hashem Darvish | | (Esfehan – 1782 C.E.) (Shiraz – 1784 C.E.) Najmeddin Shahabeddin Mo’men Sodayri | | | Saagheb Kashmiri 2 branches Mohammad | Abdulnabi Shirazi | | | | (Shiraz – 1815 C.E.) Mohammad Majdeddin Dehlavi Taghi Shahi | Sadreddin Dezfuli Molla Mehrab Gilani | Toorani | (1825 C.E.) (Esfehan – 1802 C.E.) Raaz Shirazi | Shafa-Bakhsh Mozaffar Ali Shahi | | | (Mashad – 1869 C.E.) Makhdoom- | Mohammad Mohammad Ghoraishi | al-Foghara Bahaeddin Lahoori Mohammad Ali Noorbakhshi Reza Dezfuli | Jalaleddin | | | Hossein Ghoraishi Majdolashraaf Own Ali-Shah Zohoor-Ali-Shah | Hossein Dezfuli (1882 C.E.) (Shiraz – 1912 C.E.) (Alive) | Mohammad (1909 C.E.) | | Faiz-Ali-Shah Noorbakhshi | | Abolfazl Angha | 2 branches | Abolfazl Angha (Ray – 1913 C.E.) | | Eshgh-Ali-Shah Abdulvahhab Naeini (Naein – 1797 C.E.) (Ray – 1913 C.E.) | Vahid-ol-Oulia Mohammad-Reza | | OVEYSSI-YEH Moattar-Ali-Shah | (Shiraz – 1955 C.E.) Majdolashraaf Mohammad Hassan OVEYSSI-YEH | | (Shiraz – 1926 C.E.) | | Mohammad Angha Mehr-Ali-Shah Kozeh-kanani Hobb Haydar | ( 1834 C.E.) Mohammad Angha (Ray – 1962 C.E.) (Shiraz – 1963 C.E.) (Alive) Ahmad Sharifi | (Ray – 1962 C.E.) | | (Shiraz – 1932 C.E.) | | Sadegh Angha Abdulhamid | 3 branches | Sadegh Angha (Los Angeles – 1980 C.E.) Ganjaviyan SHARIFI-YEH | | | (Los Angeles – 1980 C.E.) | (London, Alive) | Reza-Gholi Safa Mohammad Taghi Abdulghader | Nader Angha Hossein Sharifi Nader Angha (Los Angeles - Alive) (Ray – 1874 C.E.) Posht Mashadi Jahromi (Shiraz – 1963 C.E.) (Los Angeles - Alive) | | (Ray – 1883 C.E.) KUMAILI-YEH Haaj Akhond | | Mahalati Abolfazl Angha Ghiaseddin | (Ray – 1913 C.E.) Kashmiri Ahmad Naeini | | | OVEYSSI-YEH Mohammad Moattar Ali-Shah | Hassan Dehlavi | Mohammad Angha | Mehr Ali-Shah (Ray – 1962 C.E.) Taaj Aalam (Alive) | | Sadegh Angha Mohammad (Los Angeles – 1980 C.E.) Hassan Moshkoor | (Teharan – 1989 C.E.) Nader Angha (Los Angeles- Alive)