Naqshbandi Sheikhs in Hawraman and Halabja province from their formation until 1958

Abstract

Naqshbandi Sheikhs in Hawraman and Halabja province from their formation until 1958” is a historical study of the Naqshbandi Sufi sect and its sheikhs in this particular geographical area, as part of Kurdish religious history in the region. 

In general, the research consists of an introduction, three topics, results and list of sources.

 First Topic:  look at the history of the Naqshbandi sect in the region and how it reached that border, not the Naqshbandi sect in general.  Finally, the reasons for its development in this region and its relations with the powers of the time.  It starts with Sheikh (Uthman Sirajuddin) as Maulana's first caliph in this region and fulfilling Maulana's duties and instructions.

Second Topic: is to go into the tradition of the Naqshbandi sheikhs of Hawraman, how to transfer the sheikhdom from hand-to-hand within its sect and in the region.  It was basically different from the traditional tradition of the Qadiris, because basically this sect should have relied on the ability and commitment of the religious and Sufis of the Caliphs, but they posed the same traditions of the Sheikhs.  However, they had many educated and capable caliphs. 

This tradition, while on the one hand kept the sheikhdom in this family for a long time, on the other hand was a source of dispute among the descendants of the sheikh on the issue of succession and position.

Third Topic: is to talk about the family origin of this family and a ranking of the most prominent Naqshbandi sheikhs of Hawraman is presented.  Those who have embodied the official work of the sheikhs, for each of these sheikhs, their religious and social life, their role and influence on the sect, and their role and reference to their scientific and social and political relations.