Tomar-i Turuk-i Aliyye as a source in the research of history of sufism

Sadık Vicdani was a remarkable author and Sufi who witnessed both the first years of the Republic of Turkey and the last periods of the Ottoman Empire. He was assigned as a supervisor in the communication room, editor and office of a head clerk in official authorities. He died in İstanbul on October 22, 1939, and was entombed to Merkezefendi Cemetery. Vicdani planned complete works that constituted of two parts called as Kamus-ı Turuk-ı Aliyye including technical terms and Tomar-ı Turuk-ı 'Aliyye including sequences; however, he only published Tomar-ı Turuk-ı 'Aliyye (consisted of four books; Malamatiyya, Qadiriyya, Khalwatiyya, Sûfî and Tasawwuf). Tomâr-ı Turuk-ı 'Aliyye was compared with other sources in this study. Moreover, the reliability of sequences of sects and the Sufistic terms of Vicdânî were evaluated in this paper.