The Sülûk-i Kavim and Sırât-ı Müstakim of Mustafa Müstakim Niyazi (Analysis and transcription)

Mustafa Müstakim Niyazi (1187/1771) who lived in the 18 th century was a poet and a writer. Niyazi who was a Naqshbandi sheikh produced works to guide his disciples. This work, the subject of our study, has been presented to the readers to explain the important concepts in Sufi literature. Our thesis consists of two parts: An introduction and the two chapters. İn the introduction we briefly mentioned the period in which the author lived and the importance of Naqshbandiyyah order in the history of Sufism. In the first part, we referred to Niyazi's life, his family, his sheikhs, his legends, his literary personality and his work. We discussed the terms of "Hadarât al-Khamah", "Naqshbandiya","Talkinat al-Naqshbandiyyah", "Fanafillah", "Bakabillah", "Ilm-i ledün","Ilm-i batın","Hatm-i hacegan" in Sufism. In the second and last chapter we have included the translated text.