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Route 2 of 12: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

   initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

   The chain ends at ʿAlī; the step to the Prophet is the standard Sufi assumption and TDV does not spell it out.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
3. one sourcein Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   gave the khirqa · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · One source

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13745 (App. A) · differsEarliest silsilas run Hasan via Anas to the Prophet; ʿAlī is not mentioned in silsilas until the 5th/11th century.
   • TDV, 'Hasan-ı Basrî', hasan-i-basri · agreesRecords belief that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or Kumayl b. Ziyād (belief, not report).

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Aflākī's chain, as reported by TDV Mevleviyye, passes from ʿAlī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE
   • TDV Hasan-ı Basrî records the belief (inanılır) that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or from Kumayl b. Ziyād.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hasan-ı Basrî'
   • Trimingham (App. A): the oldest silsilas (Ibn al-Nadīm; al-Qushayrī) do not name ʿAlī; he enters Sufi chains only in the 5th/11th century.See checks
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
4. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

   initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
   • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
   Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
5. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
   Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781
6. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   initiation · Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq's chain: Maʿrūf took the path from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L869 · agreesMaʿrūf 'accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī'.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L108803 · differsDhahabī on Maʿrūf: al-Sulamī says he accompanied Dāwūd, 'and it is not sound'.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar (entry Maʿrūf al-Karkhī): reports al-Sulamī's claim that Maʿrūf accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī and judges it unproven (lam yaṣiḥḥa).See checks
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 3 of 12: Qādiriyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 6 names (2 not shown)
3. al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
4. ✓two sourcesin Qādiriyya

   companionship (ṣuḥba) · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

   TDV: Ḥabīb studied with Ḥasan by day and repented at his gathering (per ʿAṭṭār); the student relationship rests on traditional accounts.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
   • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
   Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
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   initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

   TDV Habîb el-Acemî: in the chains of later tariqas, which place Ḥabīb after al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī 'is seen as his disciple'; TDV cites no early report of the tie.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Order's lineage: Dāwūd was Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī's disciple.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Habîb el-Acemî'
   • TDV Dāwūd: his murshid is said (söylenir) to have been Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the article does not name Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'
   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
   Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781
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   companionship (ṣuḥba) · Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   TDV Dāwūd: Maʿrūf was his most famous disciple.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Dâvûd et-Tâî'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq's chain: Maʿrūf took the path from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L869 · agreesMaʿrūf 'accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī'.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L108803 · differsDhahabī on Maʿrūf: al-Sulamī says he accompanied Dāwūd, 'and it is not sound'.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Maʿrūf reports that Ibn Taymiyya and al-Dhahabī denied that Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd, and that some Shiʿi authors say they never met; TDV also notes that ʿAṭṭār and earlier sources record a meeting.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar (entry Maʿrūf al-Karkhī): reports al-Sulamī's claim that Maʿrūf accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī and judges it unproven (lam yaṣiḥḥa).See checks
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 4 of 12: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 6 names (2 not shown)
3. al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
4. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

   initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesḤabīb al-ʿAjamī narrated from al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (Siyar entry 'Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī').
   • Abū Nuʿaym, Ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ (OpenITI), 0430AbuNucaymIsbahani.HilyatAwliya.JK000022-ara1.mARkdown#L48354-48362 · agreesḤabīb al-Fārisī's turning to the next world began at al-Ḥasan's preaching session.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart draws Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī (d. 737) beneath Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.
   Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamīحبيب العجمي747
5. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   initiation · Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī to Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L79301-79304 · agreesSiyar lists Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī among those who narrated from Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart places Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) in the same line after Ḥabīb.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · silentQushayrī's line stops at Dāwūd, 'who studied under the Successors'; Ḥabīb is not named.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 44-45 · differsJāmī calls Dāwūd a disciple of Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī (the shepherd), not Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt pp. 44-45) names Dāwūd's guide as Ḥabīb al-Rāʿī; the atlas's Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī is the figure the Trimingham chart and the Siyar attach.See checks
   Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾīداود الطائي781
6. ✓two sourcesin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   initiation · Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · agreesDaqqāq's chain: Maʿrūf took the path from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Sulamī, Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfiyya (OpenITI), 0412Sulami.TabaqatSufiyya.Shamela0006686BK1-ara1.mARkdown#L869 · agreesMaʿrūf 'accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī'.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L108803 · differsDhahabī on Maʿrūf: al-Sulamī says he accompanied Dāwūd, 'and it is not sound'.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar (entry Maʿrūf al-Karkhī): reports al-Sulamī's claim that Maʿrūf accompanied Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī and judges it unproven (lam yaṣiḥḥa).See checks
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 5 of 12: Kubrawiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Kubrawiyya

   read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · Two independent sources

   Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).

   Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3917-3922

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   • al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L148 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
   • al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L156-L159 · agreesRijāl of ʿĀṣim: al-Sulamī took from ʿAlī, among others, from the Prophet.
   ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
3. one sourcein Kubrawiyyaomits: al-Ḥusayn, ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Muḥammad al-Bāqir, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim (Trimingham App. A chart).

   initiation · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · One source

   Order's silsila runs from ʿAlī to Imām ʿAlī al-Riḍā (chain compressed by TDV).

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13790-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart runs the ʿAlid line ʿAlī, al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, al-Bāqir, al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentArticle does not treat the ʿAlid imams as links in Kubrā's chain.
   ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
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   initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 6 of 12: Qādiriyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 8 names (4 not shown)
3. Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
4. one sourcein Qādiriyya

   family descent · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · One source

   Next imam in the Qādirī 'silsile-i zeheb' through the Ahl al-bayt imams; TDV Kādiriyye refers to these imams as a group, and this step follows a secondary list.

   Wikipedia, 'Qadiri Order' (secondary; silsila chains B cites Abun-Nasr 2007 pp. 86-96, not independently checked)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart gives ʿAlī, Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, al-Bāqir, al-Ṣādiq, al-Kāẓim, al-Riḍā in this descent.
   Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799
5. one sourcein Qādiriyya

   family descent · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · One source

   Next imam in the Qādirī 'silsile-i zeheb' through the Ahl al-bayt imams; TDV Kādiriyye refers to these imams as a group, and this step follows a secondary list.

   Wikipedia, 'Qadiri Order' (secondary; silsila chains B cites Abun-Nasr 2007 pp. 86-96, not independently checked)TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13795-13813 (App. A chart) · agreesChart gives ʿAlī, Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, al-Bāqir, al-Ṣādiq, al-Kāẓim, al-Riḍā in this descent.
   ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
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   initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   TDV: sources report Maʿrūf converted at ʿAlī al-Riḍā's hands and became his doorkeeper; this is the Qādirī 'silsile-i zeheb'.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L1823 · agreesMaʿrūf was a client (mawlā) of ʿAlī b. Mūsā al-Riḍā; the sources read describe this as clientship, not a khirqa.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf's father was client and doorkeeper of al-Riḍā.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13782 (App. A) · agreesSaid to have adopted Islam at al-Riḍā's hands.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Maʿrūf: 'all sources' state that he became Muslim through ʿAlī al-Riḍā; the report that he was al-Riḍā's doorkeeper also appears in Sunni sources and is generally accepted in Shiʿi circles.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
   • TDV Maʿrūf reports that al-Dhahabī did not accept the doorkeeper report, suggesting the doorkeeper was another man named Maʿrūf; that Ibn Taymiyya held Maʿrūf never left Karkh and denied that he became Muslim through al-Riḍā or took a khirqa from him; and that some Shiʿi authors doubt the link because early Shiʿi ṭabaqāt works do not name him. TDV adds that sources do record Maʿrūf leaving Karkh.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
   • al-Qushayrī and Jāmī give clientship (mawlā / his father as doorkeeper), not an initiation; Trimingham: 'said to have adopted Islam at his hands'.See checks
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 7 of 12: Kubrawiyya

≠Sources differ on 5 links of this route.

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 6 names (2 not shown)
3. Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   successor of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · Two independent sources

   Seventh Imam (d. 183/799), per the Twelver account.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3684-3693 · agreesMūsā b. Jaʿfar, called al-Kāẓim; born 128, died 183 in Baghdad in custody.
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81825-81835, L81925 · agreesMūsā al-Kāẓim, born c. 128; died Rajab 183.
   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3677-3678 · agreesMūsā heads the list of al-Ṣādiq's five sons with offspring.
   • Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007), ch. 3, pp. 88–89 · agreesMost Imāmī followers came to Mūsā; he is counted seventh Twelver imam and died in custody at Baghdad in 183/799.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ismāʿīlī account: the imamate passed through Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar and his son Muḥammad. TDV İsmâiliyye gives the reasons reported for Mūsā's designation instead of the elder Ismāʿīl: a report that Ismāʿīl died three years before his father, and a report about his conduct and his ties to Abū l-Khaṭṭāb.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsmâiliyye
   • Daftary (modern historian of Ismāʿīlism), reporting the Twelver position: the Twelvers claim a designation (naṣṣ) of Mūsā by al-Ṣādiq, supported by ḥadīths. Daftary adds that it is not certain al-Ṣādiq named anyone after Ismāʿīl. (ch. 3, p. 88)Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007)
   Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799
5. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources

   Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
   • Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
   ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
6. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 8 of 12: Kubrawiyya

≠Sources differ on 6 links of this route.

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. Show all 7 names (3 not shown)
3. Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   successor of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · Two independent sources

   Seventh Imam (d. 183/799), per the Twelver account.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye

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   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3684-3693 · agreesMūsā b. Jaʿfar, called al-Kāẓim; born 128, died 183 in Baghdad in custody.
   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81825-81835, L81925 · agreesMūsā al-Kāẓim, born c. 128; died Rajab 183.
   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3677-3678 · agreesMūsā heads the list of al-Ṣādiq's five sons with offspring.
   • Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007), ch. 3, pp. 88–89 · agreesMost Imāmī followers came to Mūsā; he is counted seventh Twelver imam and died in custody at Baghdad in 183/799.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Ismāʿīlī account: the imamate passed through Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar and his son Muḥammad. TDV İsmâiliyye gives the reasons reported for Mūsā's designation instead of the elder Ismāʿīl: a report that Ismāʿīl died three years before his father, and a report about his conduct and his ties to Abū l-Khaṭṭāb.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsmâiliyye
   • Daftary (modern historian of Ismāʿīlism), reporting the Twelver position: the Twelvers claim a designation (naṣṣ) of Mūsā by al-Ṣādiq, supported by ḥadīths. Daftary adds that it is not certain al-Ṣādiq named anyone after Ismāʿīl. (ch. 3, p. 88)Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007)
   Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799
5. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines, not in Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources

   Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye

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   • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
   • Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
   • Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
   ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
6. ✓two sourcesin Kubrawiyya≠sources differ

   initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   Silsila reaches Maʿrūf-i Karkhī via ʿAlī al-Riḍā.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13848 · agreesTrimingham, relaying Taqī al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī on a Rifāʿī chain, has the line go to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī and then the ʿAlid line.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (summaries in this reader), pp. 42–43 · differsJāmī: Maʿrūf kept company with Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī; his father was a client or doorkeeper of al-Riḍā. No initiation by al-Riḍā is stated.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Jāmī (Nafaḥāt, pp. 42–43) names Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī as the shaykh Maʿrūf kept company with and gives al-Riḍā only as the master of Maʿrūf's father; Trimingham's Appendix A chart also shows Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (d. 781) beside the ʿAlid line.Jami, Nafahat al-uns; Trimingham 1971
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 9 of 12: Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. the community's own accountin Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)

   initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

   The chain ends at ʿAlī; the step to the Prophet is the standard Sufi assumption and TDV does not spell it out.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
3. one sourcein Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)≠sources differ

   gave the khirqa · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · One source

   Listed in the chain Aflākī gives in Manāqib al-ʿārifīn (II, 998), as reported by TDV Mevleviyye.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13745 (App. A) · differsEarliest silsilas run Hasan via Anas to the Prophet; ʿAlī is not mentioned in silsilas until the 5th/11th century.
   • TDV, 'Hasan-ı Basrî', hasan-i-basri · agreesRecords belief that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or Kumayl b. Ziyād (belief, not report).

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • Aflākī's chain, as reported by TDV Mevleviyye, passes from ʿAlī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, MEVLEVİYYE
   • TDV Hasan-ı Basrî records the belief (inanılır) that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or from Kumayl b. Ziyād.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Hasan-ı Basrî'
   • Trimingham (App. A): the oldest silsilas (Ibn al-Nadīm; al-Qushayrī) do not name ʿAlī; he enters Sufi chains only in the 5th/11th century.See checks
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
4. the community's own accountthis step is recorded in Suhrawardiyya, not in Mawlawiyya (Mevlevî)omits: intermediaries the data does not name

   initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · The community's own account

   TDV: from Maʿrūf one line goes via al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, the other via the Ahl al-Bayt imams, to ʿAlī. Intermediates between al-Baṣrī and Maʿrūf are not named in this article. [omits: Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (or Farqad al-Sabakhī in Ibn al-Nadīm's chain)]

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13742 (App. A) · differsIbn al-Nadīm: Maʿrūf from Farqad al-Sabakhī from Ḥasan; Qushayrī: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd, no direct Ḥasan link.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · differsDaqqāq chain: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, not directly from al-Ḥasan.
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 10 of 12: Suhrawardiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

   initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

   TDV states the chain reaches ʿAlī; the step from the Prophet is implied, not stated.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
3. one sourcein Suhrawardiyya≠sources differ

   gave the khirqa · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · One source

   TDV Sühreverdiyye: from Maʿrūf the chain reaches ʿAlī by two routes, one of which includes al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī; no intermediate names are given.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13745 (App. A) · differsEarliest silsilas run Hasan via Anas to the Prophet; ʿAlī is not mentioned in silsilas until the 5th/11th century.
   • TDV, 'Hasan-ı Basrî', hasan-i-basri · agreesRecords belief that al-Ḥasan received the khirqa from ʿAlī or Kumayl b. Ziyād (belief, not report).

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • The other route runs through the Ahl al-Bayt imams, left unnamed in TDV.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'
   • Trimingham (App. A): the oldest silsilas (Ibn al-Nadīm; al-Qushayrī) do not name ʿAlī; he enters Sufi chains only in the 5th/11th century.See checks
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
4. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

   initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · The community's own account

   TDV: from Maʿrūf one line goes via al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, the other via the Ahl al-Bayt imams, to ʿAlī. Intermediates between al-Baṣrī and Maʿrūf are not named in this article. [omits: Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (or Farqad al-Sabakhī in Ibn al-Nadīm's chain)]

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13742 (App. A) · differsIbn al-Nadīm: Maʿrūf from Farqad al-Sabakhī from Ḥasan; Qushayrī: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd, no direct Ḥasan link.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · differsDaqqāq chain: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, not directly from al-Ḥasan.
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 11 of 12: Suhrawardiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

   initiation · The Prophet Muhammad to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib · The community's own account

   TDV states the chain reaches ʿAlī; the step from the Prophet is implied, not stated.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālibعلي بن أبي طالب661
3. one sourcethis step is recorded in Kubrawiyya, not in Suhrawardiyyaomits: al-Ḥusayn, ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Muḥammad al-Bāqir, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim (Trimingham App. A chart).

   initiation · ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · One source

   Order's silsila runs from ʿAlī to Imām ʿAlī al-Riḍā (chain compressed by TDV).

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Necmeddîn-i Kübrâ

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   • Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13790-13813 · agreesAppendix A chart runs the ʿAlid line ʿAlī, al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, al-Bāqir, al-Ṣādiq, Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā.
   • Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'KOBRAWIYA' (Hamid Algar), section i. The Eponym (no print volume shown; online ed. 2021) · silentArticle does not treat the ʿAlid imams as links in Kubrā's chain.
   ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qādiriyya, not in Suhrawardiyya≠sources differ

   initiation · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · Two independent sources

   TDV: sources report Maʿrūf converted at ʿAlī al-Riḍā's hands and became his doorkeeper; this is the Qādirī 'silsile-i zeheb'.

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Kādiriyye'TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'

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   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L1823 · agreesMaʿrūf was a client (mawlā) of ʿAlī b. Mūsā al-Riḍā; the sources read describe this as clientship, not a khirqa.
   • Jāmī, Nafaḥāt al-uns (the edition in this reader), pp. 42-43 · agreesMaʿrūf's father was client and doorkeeper of al-Riḍā.
   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13782 (App. A) · agreesSaid to have adopted Islam at al-Riḍā's hands.

   Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

   • TDV Maʿrūf: 'all sources' state that he became Muslim through ʿAlī al-Riḍā; the report that he was al-Riḍā's doorkeeper also appears in Sunni sources and is generally accepted in Shiʿi circles.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
   • TDV Maʿrūf reports that al-Dhahabī did not accept the doorkeeper report, suggesting the doorkeeper was another man named Maʿrūf; that Ibn Taymiyya held Maʿrūf never left Karkh and denied that he became Muslim through al-Riḍā or took a khirqa from him; and that some Shiʿi authors doubt the link because early Shiʿi ṭabaqāt works do not name him. TDV adds that sources do record Maʿrūf leaving Karkh.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Ma'rûf-i Kerhî'
   • al-Qushayrī and Jāmī give clientship (mawlā / his father as doorkeeper), not an initiation; Trimingham: 'said to have adopted Islam at his hands'.See checks
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815

Route 12 of 12: Suhrawardiyya

1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
2. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Suhrawardiyya

   read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī · Two independent sources

   Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).

   Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3372-3377

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   • Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12334 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he presented his reading to the Prophet.
   • al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L302 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
   Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarīأبو موسى الأشعري662
3. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Suhrawardiyya

   read the Qurʾān to · Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī · Two independent sources

   Ḥiṭṭān read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.

   Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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   • Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7043 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.
   • al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L420 · agreesEntry: read to Abū Mūsā.
   • Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12334 · agrees (not independent)Abū Mūsā entry: Ḥiṭṭān read to him.
   Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshīحطان بن عبد الله الرقاشي
4. ✓two sourcesthis step is recorded in Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings, not in Suhrawardiyya

   read the Qurʾān to · Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī to al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī · Two independent sources

   al-Ḥasan read to Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Raqāshī and to Abū l-ʿĀliya.

   Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3366-3368

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   • Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7043 · silent (not independent)Entry does not state this link.
   • al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L420 · agreesEntry: al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī read to him.
   • al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L666 · agreesḤasan entry: read to Ḥiṭṭān, from Abū Mūsā.
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrīالحسن البصري728
5. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

   initiation · al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī to Maʿrūf al-Karkhī · The community's own account

   TDV: from Maʿrūf one line goes via al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, the other via the Ahl al-Bayt imams, to ʿAlī. Intermediates between al-Baṣrī and Maʿrūf are not named in this article. [omits: Ḥabīb al-ʿAjamī, Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī (or Farqad al-Sabakhī in Ibn al-Nadīm's chain)]

   TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdiyye (Reşat Öngören)'

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   • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L13731-13742 (App. A) · differsIbn al-Nadīm: Maʿrūf from Farqad al-Sabakhī from Ḥasan; Qushayrī: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd, no direct Ḥasan link.
   • al-Qushayrī, Risāla (Knysh trans.), risala.txt#L15058-15062 · differsDaqqāq chain: Maʿrūf from Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, not directly from al-Ḥasan.
   Maʿrūf al-Karkhīمعروف الكرخي815