Tazkirat al-Awliya
Tazkirat al-Awliyā – variant transliterations: Tadhkirat al-Awliya, Tazkerat-ol-Owliya, Tezkereh-i-Evliā etc. – is a hagiographic collection of ninety-six Sufi saints and their miracles authored by the Sunni Muslim Persian poet and mystic Farīd al-Dīn ‘Aṭṭar of Nishapur who lived from 1145 to 1221.
Aṭṭar's only surviving prose work comprises, beginning with the life of Jafar al-Sadiq and ending with the Sufi martyr, Mansur Al-Hallaj's. Included in the list are four eponymous Sunni madhab founders, namely Sufyan al-Thawri, Abu Hanifah, Al-Shafi'i and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
Translations
- Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya‘ ; An abridged English translation by A.J. Arberry.
- Farid ad-Din ‘Attār’s Memorial of God's Friends: Lives and Sayings of Sufis ; Translated and introduced by Paul Losensky.
- Le Memorial des saints ; A French translation by Pavet de Courteille.
List of biographies
- Jafar Sadiq
- Uwais al-Qarni
- Hasan Basri
- Malik Dinar
- Muhammad Ibn Wasi' Al-Azdi
- Habib Ajami
- Abu Hazim Makki
- Atabah Ibn Qolam
- Rabia al-Adawiyya
- Ibrahim ibn Adham
- Bishr Hafi
- Dhul-Nun al-Misri
- Bayazid Bastami
- Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
- Sufyan al-Thawri
- Sari al-Saqati
- Shaqiq al-Balkhi
- Abu Hanifah
- Al-Shafi'i
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Dawud Tai
- Harith al-Muhasibi
- Abu Soleiman Darayi
- Muhammad Ibn Sammak
- Muhammad Aslam Al-Tusi
- Ahmad ibn Harb
- Hatam Asam
- Sahl al-Tustari
- Maruf Karkhi
- Fath Museli
- Ahmad Hevari
- Ahmad Khezruyah
- Abutorab Nokhshabi
- Yahya ibn Ma'az
- Shah Shoja Kermani
- Yusef Ibn Al-Huseyn
- Abu Hafs Haddad
- Abu Muhammad Jariri
- Mansur Al-Hallaj