MAR 1 5 1967 ! ! II . TYOF F URTHER NOTES ON THE LITERATURE OF THE HURUFIS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE B KTASH O D F D E I R ER O ERVISHES . A WN M . M . E W RD G . BRO . BY D . E A E , , , INE a a o fo r a ua 1 89 8 ye rs g , in the J n ry, , 6 1 —9 4 I ub lish e d an a S ome otes . N pp , p rticle entitled ' it rat ure a nd D octr ines o the H urt z ec o n the L e f gf S t . The m aterials fo r th at article were chiefly derived from a m anu ’ i - v- Ka bé r B 1 . 2 am s cript o i the Jdv ddn ( e . 7) in the C bridge ’ L a an d m a u A nerens F onds U niversity ibr ry , two n scripts ( Perso n 24 an d S a le/new Pe rso n 1 07 e u , , mp , ) in the Biblioth q e Nat io n ale at Pa o f f m ai 1 ris , which the or er cont ned ( ) the ' ’ s t aw - ndma o f Am Ghi é thu d- u am m a I d the ir y Din M h d b . M u am m a al- u a o f A a a u a . a m H s yn b h d H s yni , st r b d , co posed H 828 z A . D . 2 an a s hortly after A . ( ( ) llegorical ma t/m a wé m and 8 a a o f di a u poe , ( ) gloss ry the lect words sed ' in the Jdmddn - i- Ka bér ; while the latter contained another H ur fifi treatise which appeared to be that entitled the - / t w a a f m a M o b a bb a nd . Th nks to in or tion contributed by the I a W . G w s a a a E . a . l te Mr J ibb , lso ble to prove th t the a a a a P a sect , which ppe rs not to h ve t ken root in ersi , a o f a u au the l nd its birth , spre d into T rkey, where it c sed s m m m at a ff an d sufi e re d o e co otion sever l di erent periods , a u am m o f sever l fierce persec tions , ongst the victi s which D 1 4 1 7 — 1 8 w as ua e s im i H . 8 20 A . N A . (in ) the biling l poet , D é wdn u m m in m a u an d w as whose is not nco on n script , printed _ l a a H 1 29 8 A D at A e/w r P A . the ress in Const ntinople in . I w as a a at a m not , however, w re th t ti e how con siderable w as the extent o f the H ur ufi literature still x a I a H ur ufi are e t nt, nor did know th t the doctrines still 5 84 LI T ERAT URE or THE H U R U F I S . professed an d t au ght am ongst the m em bers o f the Bektashi of Order Dervishes . The connection o f the H ur iifis w ith t h e B e kt ash is first am n A u bec e k own to m e in the following m anner . bo t three y e ars after th e publication o f the article to which I h ave f a a a a a m a u re erred bove , cert in de ler in Orient l n scripts L a a o f a a fr m m I h ad a r a ondon , n tive B ghd d , o who l e dy u a m a a um o f MS S . e p rch sed consider ble n ber , invited to fu him a i o f m a a in a h e rnish with l st y desider t , order th t m m ight sub it the sam e to his correspondents in the E ast . ’ ' - I did an d m in m Ja rzddn n dma. an y so , entioned y list the or u F e — a H r ufi . Sh af a b other books ortly terw rds (in M rch , 1 9 01 ) he forwarded to m e a parcel o f m anu scripts in which w as included a copy o f this work (now in the British u um m a m o f M se , rked Or . besides so e other books 31 u 88 . the sect in q estion . The prices set on these were b ut m a f - z u am high , so e h l do en were sec red by the C bridge U L a y a a f- z u a niversity ibr r , while nother h l do en were p rch sed u um an d a a - m a by the British M se , now be r the cl ss rks — O r . Or . m a M The co par tively high prices re alised b v these SS . m a m u a a fo r m a see to h ve sti l ted the se rch other si il r ones , an d a ua a s th e u y u b ut in gr d lly , s pply not onl contin ed a am a a H ur iifi cre sed , it bec e cle r th t these books existed in a ua an d w ide lv a an d consider ble q ntities , were still re d copied P u f Ea a y u . in the st , especi ll in T rkey rices conseq ently ell a an d a y fe w o f 31 8 8 . a f m r pidly , l tterl these h ve etched ore th an £2 or £3 in the lim ited m arket where the dem and fo r N o r w as n f s a them existed . it lo g be ore we di covered th t w as f m th e a a y a m it ro Bekt shi dervishes th t the were , in l ost all a dire c tlv y d an d a w a s c ses , or indirectl derive , th t it ' am on gst the m em bers o f this Order that th e H ur ii fi doctrines flo urish at the present day . WVith this dervish order all who h ave visited Con s t a n t in o ple or other parts o f th e T urkish E m pire with open T w a s a s an d s a r fam a . eves a e ili r o rds Chri ti n , even Chri ti n m s n a t h e e o m m o n lv s a n u u ua f n i sio ries , y how n s l rie dliness , b ut am ongst the M uh a m m ad a n s th e v a re regarded with KT H RV H 5 85 THE BE A S I D E I S ES . ‘ a m u m u fa u a a M e v le v is Rufa ch ore n vo r ble eye th n the , is , é diris an d . a o f Q , other dervish orders The re son their ill repute I h ad hitherto been unable to a scertain : it w as ‘ generally asserted that they shared the Shi ite views o f the P a b ut a m ersi ns, this did not expl in why they were ore di sliked by the orthodox S unni Tu rks than were the heterodox Persians with whom they were supposed to b e m a . a a f u o f t h e in sy p thy Moreover , H jj i Bekt sh , the o nder u o f P a hi fa u i h order , tho gh ersi n origin , enjoyed gh vo r w t m a S u a da an d di ur the Otto n lt n in his y , lived ed in the odo o f a an d a s a i s nctity, is chiefly known in history h v ng conferred his blessing on the Janissary corps w hen it w as first form ed ; a blessing in m em ory of which the Janissarie s a - a a d u t o wore on their he d dresses white b n , s pposed represent the sleeve o f the saint as it rested in blessin g on ‘ a f a a a al the he d o their le ader . H jj i Bekt sh is s id by Mu lim ' A a 3 3 H . 7 8 A D . 1 3 N s mé 1 06 A . a a . 7 j i ( , p ) to h ve died in a u u y u sum o f th e which d te , c rio sl eno gh , coincides with the ' num erical values of the letters com posing the word Be/rtds/zzyy a f u by which the order which he o nded is known .