A Look at Sheykh Seyyed Abdolqader Balkhi’s Works and Thoughts

The present Afghanistan is the main origin of Persian poetry and literature that has been shined in the history of Persian literature. Sheykh Seyyed Soleyman Balkhi and his son, Sheykh Seyyed Abdolqader Balkhi are from the 13th century wise men and poets who lived in Kunduz and then they migrated from Balkh to Baghdad with the intention of going to Hajj due to the bad circumstances at that time, but in Baghdad, they gave up going to Hajj and moved first to Konya and then to Istanbul. Abdolqader Balkhi spent his primary education with his father and he also was taught by Seyyed Bakir Reshad in Turkey, and succeeded him in the spiritual order and sects of Naqshbandiyyah and Hamzaviyyah. In addition to spiritual guidance, he has written poetries in Persian, Turkish and Chagatai languages, some of which have been published, and some others have been remained handwritten. His works consists of Yanabi’al-Hikam, Konuz al-‘Arefin, Golshan-e Asrar, Asrar al-Tawhid, Shams-e Rakhshan, the Divan, Sonuhat-e Elahiyyah, va Elhamat-e Rabbaniyyah.