Appendix III - Specimen of a Murshid's Diploma, in the Kadiri Order of the Mystic Craft Al-Tasawwuf - Appendices - Meccah - Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah vol. II

[ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: Footnote 1 gives a description of the original manuscript. In Burton’s book, the text is presented as follows: - Firstly, the section of text beginning “This is the tree” and ending with the lines “Amen.,” “A.”, presented as a triangle, with each line centred on the page. - Below this, the section of text “There is no god but Allah”a thing to Allah., centred, and enclosed in a circle. - Below that, the section of text “Sayyid A”of C., centred, and enclosed in a horizontal oval. - The line “And of him”we beg aid., in smaller type. - All the following lines are enclosed in a box filling most of each page, with a horizontal rule separating the lines of text. Each line fills the width of the box neatly, except for the last four lines (beginning “It is finished.”), which are centred. - Footnotes are presented, in smaller type than usual, at the outside edge of the page in which the reference occurs, and (as much as possible) level with the reference.]

	1. This document is written upon slips of paper pasted together, 4 feet 5 inches long, by about 6 ½ inches broad, and contains altogether 71 lines below the triangle. The divisions are in red ink. It rolls up and fits into a cylinder of tin, to which are attached small silk cords, to sling it over the shoulder when travelling or on pilgrimage.
	2. The names are here omitted for obvious reasons.
	3. Facsimile of the seal of the Great Abd al-Kadir. This upon the document is a sign that the owner has become a master in the craft.
	4. This is the living Shaykh’s seal, and is the only one applied to the apprentice’s diploma.

And of him—In the name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate—we beg aid.

Praise be to Allah, opener of the locks of hearts

with his name, and withdrawer of the veils of hidden

things with his beneficence, and raiser of the flags of

increase to those who persevere in thanking him. I

praise him because that he hath made us of the people

of Unity. And I thank him, being desirous of his

benefits. And I bless and salute our Lord Moham-

med, the best of his Prophets and of his Servants, and

(I bless and salute) his (Mohammed’s) family and com-

panions, the excelling indignity, for the increase of

their dignity and its augmentation. But afterwards

thus saith the needy slave, who confesseth his sins and

his weakness and his faults, and hopeth for the pardon

of his Lord the Almighty—Sayyid A the Kadiri, son

of Sayyid B the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Abu Bakr the

Kadiri, son of Sayyid Ismail the Kadiri, son of Sayyid

Abd al-Wahhab the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Nur al-Din

the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Darwaysh the Kadiri, son of

Sayyid Husam al-Din the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Nur al-

Din the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Waly al-Din the Kadiri,

son of Sayyid Zayn al-Din the Kadiri, son of Sayyid

Sharaf al-Din the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Shams al-Din

the Kadiri, son of Sayyid Mohammeda I-Hattak, son

of Sayyid Abd al-Aziz, son of the Sayyid of Sayyids,

Polar-Star of Existence, the White Pearl, the Lord of

the Reins of (worldy) possession, the Chief of (Allah’s)

friends, the incomparable Imam, the Essence negativ-

ing accidents, the Polar Star of Polar Stars,⁵ the

Greatest Assistance,⁶ the Uniter of the Lover and the

Beloved,⁷ the Sayyid (Prince), the Shaykh (Teacher),

Muhiyal-Din, Abd al-Kadir of Jilan,⁸ Allah sanctify

his honoured Sepulchre, and Allah enlighten his place of

rest!—Son of Abu Salih Muse Jangi-dost, son of

Sayyid Abdullah al-Jayli, son of Sayyid Yahya al-

Zahid, son of Sayyid Mohammed, son of Sayyid Da’ud,

son of Sayyid Musa, son of Sayyid Abdullah, son of

Sayyid Musa al-Juni, son of Sayyid Abdullah al-Mahz,

son of Sayyid Hasan al-Musanna,⁹ son of the Imam

Hasan, Son of the Imam and the Amir of True Be-

lievers, Ali the son of Abu Talib—may Allah be

satisfied with him!—Son of Abd al-Mut-Talib,¹⁰ son of

Hashim, son of Abd al-Manaf, son of Kusay, son of

Kilab, son of Murrat, son of Kaab, Son of Luwiyy, son

of Ghalib, son of Fihr (Kuraysh), Son of Malik, son of

Nazr, son of Kananah, son of Khuzaymah, son of

Mudrikah, son of Iliyas, son of Muzarr, son of Nizar,

son of Adnan,¹¹ son of Ada, son of Udad, son of

Mahmisah, son of Hamal, son of Nayyit, son of Kuzar,

son of Ismail, son of Ibrahim, son of Karikh, son of

Kasir, son of Arghwa, son of Phaligh, son of Shalikh,

son of Kaynan, son of Arfakhshad, son of Sam, son of

Noah, son of Shays, son of Adam the Father of Man-

kind¹²—with whom be Peace, and upon our Prophet

the best of blessings and salutation!—and Adam was

of dust, and dust is of the earth, and earth is of foam,

and foam is of the wave, and the wave is of water,¹³

and water is of the rainy firmament, and the rainy fir-

mament is of Power, and Power is of Will, and Will

is of the Omniscience of the glorious God. But after-

wards that good man, the approaching to his Lord,

the averse to all besides him, the desirous of the abodes

of futurity, the hoper for mercy, the Darwayah Abdul-

lah¹⁴ son of the Pilgrim Joseph the Afghan,hence-

forward let him be known by the name of “Darwaysh

King-in-the-name-of-Allah!”—hath ccome to us and

visited us and begged of us instruction in the Saying of

Unity. I therefore taught him the saying which I

learned by ordinance from my Shaykh and my instruc-

tor and my paternal uncle Sayyid the Shaykh Abd

al-Kadir¹⁵ the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh

Abu Bakr the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh

Ismail the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh Abd

al-Wahhab the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh Nur

al-Din the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh Shah-

darwaysh the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the Shaykh

Husam al-Din the Kadiri, son of the Sayyid the

Shaykh Nur al-Din the Kadiri, from his sire and

Shaykh Waly al-Din the Kadiri, from his sire and

Shaykh Zayn al-Din the Kadiri, from his sire and

Shaykh Sharafil al-Din the Kadiri, from his sire and

Shaykh Mohammed al-Hattak the Kadiri, from his

sire and Shaykh Abd al-Aziz—Allah sanctify his

honoured Sepulchre and Allah enlighten his Place of

rest!—from his sire and Shaykh Sayyid the Polar

Star of Existence, the White Pearl, the Polar Star of

Holy Men, the Director of those that tread the Path,

the Sayyid the Shaykh Muhiyy al-Din Abd al-Kadir

of Jilan—Allah sanctify his honoured Sepulchre and

Allah enlighten his place of rest! Amen!—from

his Shaykh the Shaykh Abu-Sa’id al-Mubarak al-

Makhzumi, from his Shaykh the Shaykh Abu ‘I Hasan,

al-Hankari, from his Shaykh the Shaykh Abu Faras al-

Tarsusi, from his Shaykh the Shaykh Abd al-Wahid al-

Tamimi, from his Shaykh the Shaykh Abu ‘l Kasim al-

Junayd of Baghdad, from his Shaykh the Shaykh al-

Sirri al-Sakati, from his Shaykh the Shaykh al-Ma’aruf

al-Karkhi, from his Shaykh the Shaykh Da’ud al-Tai,

from his Shaykh the Shaykh Habib al-’Ajami, from his

Shaykh the Shaykh al-Hasan of Bussorah, from his

Shaykh the Prince of True Believers, Ali Son of Abu

Talib—Allah be satisfied with him! and Allah honour

his countenance!—from the Prophet of Allah, upon

whom may Allah have mercy, from Jibrail, from the

Omnipotent, the Glorious. And afterwards we taught

him (i.e. that good man Abdullah) the Saying of

Unity, and ordered its recital 165 times after each

Farizah,¹⁶ and on all occasions according to his capa-

bility. And Allah have mercy upon our Lord Mo-

hammed and upon His Family and upon His Companions

one and all! And praise be to Allah, Lord of the (3)

worlds!

It is finished.

There is no god but Allah!

Number¹⁷

165.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah vol. II

Appendices

Appendix III¹

Specimen of a Murshid’s Diploma, in the Kadiri Order of the Mystic Craft Al-Tasawwuf

Richard F. Burton

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah vol. II

Appendices

Appendix III1

Specimen of a Murshid’s Diploma, in the Kadiri Order of the Mystic Craft Al-Tasawwuf

Richard F. Burton

Appendix III¹