The First Sufis and their Thoughts in Fars Area

Sufism has always been one of the most fundamental of the school of thoughts in Islamic history. A glance at Sufis’ biography (Tazkereh) in the first century of Islam states that more than 80% of the Sufis lived in Iran. The number of Sufis who lived in Khoarsan in Iran is more than the other areas. Furthermore, the attention should be paid to the other areas on the training and education of well-known Sufis and the formation of the Sufism traditions and the role of which is very important in the type and place in the history. In this study, it is tried to state the history of Fars Sufism in the second and third centuries of Hegira. This also consists of one third of the fourth century Hegira. This study includes the biography of 80 mystics who lived in the second, third and fourth centuries in the Fars area in Iran. At first, four ancient famous Sufis who lived in the second century are introduced. They are: Habib Ajami, Mohammad Ben Zeid, Abohelmane Dameshghi and Abo Mohraz. Secondly, it represented the Biography of the 10 Sufis in the second stage of the history of Sufism in the Fars area in the third and the early fourth century. They are: Hallaj, Abu Mozahem, Abubakre Tamestani, Abusahle Beizawi, Ahmadebne Yahya, Abdol Rahime Estakhri, Jafare Hazza, Hosham Ibne Abdan, Bondarebe Hussein and Abughoreibe Esfahani.