Sultan Sahak
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Sultan Sahak (born 14th century - died 15th century[1]), also Soltân Sahak[2] was a Kurdish religious leader who founded the secret and syncretistic religion of the Ahl-e Haqq, also known as the Yârsân.[1] He is considered to be the manifestation of the total divine essence by the Ahl-e Haqq. The Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) once met with Sultan and used him as an oracle.[3]
Sultan Sahak was born in Barzanjeh, which is in the province of present day Sulaymania, Iraq. He was a direct descendant of the Shia Islamic Imam Musa Kazim.[citation needed] His father was Shaykh Isi who was a religious leader. His mother was Khatun-e Razbar, who is considered the manifestation of the Virgin Mary. As with Jesus, the birth of Sultan is also believed to have been a case of immaculate conception. According to his followers he brought the last covenant of God to earth, the Bayabas-e Pirdiwari (beyond the bridge).
Sultan Sahak's teachings were recorded by his disciples and later published in the Gurani language by the title of Kalam-e Saranjam.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Elahi, Bahram (1987). Path of Perfection, the Spiritual Teaching of Master Nur Ali Elahi. ISBN 0712602003.
- ^ Kehl-Bodrogi, Krisztina; Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Anke Otter-Beaujean (eds.) (1997). Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East. Brill Publishers, p.105. ISBN 9004108610. Partial text at Google Book Search.
- ^ Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza (1990). The Yaresan: A Sociological, Historical and Religio-Historical Study of a Kurdish Community. ISBN 392296883X.
