The Buyruk or ''Kitab al-Manaqib'' (Book of Exemplary Acts) is the
sacred book of the
Shabak. It is written in
Turkmen.
The Buyruk is written in the form of an interlocution between Shaykh
Safi-ad-din Ardabili
Safi-ad-din Ardabili ( fa, شیخ صفیالدین اردبیلی ''Ṣāfī ad-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī''; 1252/3 – 1334) was a poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master. He was the son-in-law and spiritual heir of the Sufi master Zahed Gila ...
, founder of the
Safaviyya
The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya ( fa, صفویه), was a tariqa ( Sufi order) founded by the Kurdish[Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā
Sadr al-Din Musa(1305-1391)(صدر الدين) was the son and successor of Safi-ad-din Ardabili. His mother was Bibi Fatima, daughter of Zahed Gilani. Sadr al-Din directed the Safaviyya for 59 years. During this time, the activities of the Safav ...](_blank)
on different religious matters, and particularly on the life and principles of the
Sufi order. It also contains poems composed by Shah
Ismail I
Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...
under the pseudonym 'Khatai', which indicates it must have been compiled in the sixteenth century at the earliest.
[Matti Moosa, ''Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects'', pp 153–155, New York, 1988 ]
References
Religion in Iraq
Religious texts
Shabak people
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