The present book is an English translation of a classical Pesian work on the Sufis of India of Hamid b Dazlullah Jamail entitled Siyar-ul-‘Arifin based on its Manuscript preserved in the Library of the Nadwatul Ulema, Lucknow and its comparative study with the Urdu translation of this work published by Muhammad Ayyub Qadri. It is not only an extensively quoted work but also one of the works which has basically been utilised by most of the later writers writing on Sufism. Like all other Sufi works it is mainly a book of the Fazail genre and carries all the hallmarks of such a works. Besides the Mystics mentioned by him during the course of the text, he exclusively devotes spaces for 6 spiritual guides of the Chishtiya chain of dissemination and seven that of the Suharwardiya chain of dissemination ie. The lives of ‘Abdullah Hamid and his spiritual mentor, both of whom were Kambos, about whom we read a lot in History, show as to how an upwad mobiization of a particuar tribe or caste took place in the societies of those days due to literary or spiritual or both acquisitions when piety alone eclipses all that was before but then etymological fancies to hit upon this fact are also confronted by us in the literature of that time and the same is true of the Kanbos too.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hamid Afaq Qureshi Al-Taimi Al-Siddiqi
H.A.Siddiqi (b 1945), with lincal acquisition of Arabic, Persian & Urdu, was initially trained in the analytical and scientific field of knowledge til the University level In 1965 He joined a scientific organisation in from where he retired as a Gazetted Officer in 2005 and was, therefore, quite at home in his studies in History from the same level till his Doctorate from Delhi, Jaipur & Lucknow University. He has published 93 research papers on Indian History & Culture. He is the author of books on Wazie Ali, 'Rulers and Sources of Awadh', 'Memoirs of Faizabad (Ed), including Histories of Kakori & Bijnor', Deccan & Awadh : Essays & Translation', 'Sufis Classics-I & II; Urdu Sources Translation+Eng. Sources, Central Asia (Trans of Hobib-us-Siyar & Zafarnamah), Sultans and Mughals: New Sources, Iqbal, Nadir Shah, Lahori's Padshaknamah and Naqsh-i-Sulaiman on Rohillas, and the books listed above.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ishrat Husain Ansari
Professor I.H. Ansari (b 1946) studies History (1964-1968) at the University of Allahabad, from where he later obtained DPhil in 1996 for his work on Deoband School. He joined U.P. Higher Education (Group A) Service in 1972, remained Lecturer from 1972-1974 and Head, Deptt, of History from 1974-1997 in various Govt. Degree and Post-graduate Colleges. He was promoted as Principal in 1997, in which capacity he retired from Govt. Degree College, Talbehat (Lalitpur) in 2006. He has numerous published research papers dealing with different aspects of Indian History & Culture and many PhD researchers are working under his supervision and guidance. On Superannuation, he is engaged in scholarly pursuits of translating and editing rare Persian and Urdu sources and the present work is a mute witness thereof.
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