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, the founder of the sect, or more properly, the religion of the Ḥurūfīyya [ q.v.]. The information given about Faḍl Allāh in the histories closest to his period in no way conforms to the information about him given by those who belonged to his sect and were contemporary with him and those who were inspired by his teachings. While the sources are agreed that he lived in the 8th/14th century, the reports that his name was D̲j̲alāl al-Dīn, that he was put to death in 804/1401-2, and especially the statement of later sources like the Riyāḍ al-ʿārifīn of Riḍā Kulik̲h̲ān Hi…

(Turkish D̲j̲elwetiyye), the name of a ṭarīḳa founded by Sheyk̲h̲ ʿAzīz Maḥmūd Hudāʾī of Üsküdar (Scutari, nr. Istanbul). The name is said to come from d̲j̲alwa (leaving one’s native country, emigrating), which, as a ṣūfī term, denotes a creature’s emergence from solitary withdrawal ( k̲h̲alwa ) through contemplation of God’s attributes and its annihilation in God’s Being (Sayyīd S̲h̲arīf, Taʿrīfāt , 3). An alternative or simultaneous derivation from d̲j̲ilwa [ q, v.], can also be put forward. The D̲j̲ilwatiyya were a purely Sunnī ṭarīḳa, based on the d̲h̲ikr [ q.v.] of seven of the…

, fondateur de la secte, ou mieux, de la religion des Ḥurūfiyya [ q.v.]. Les renseignements donnés sur Faḍl Allāh dans les histoires les plus proches de son époque ne correspondent nullement à ceux que fournissent les membres de sa secte qui furent ses contemporains ou s’inspirèrent de ses enseignements. Tandis que les sources s’accordent sur le fait qu’il vécut au VIIIe/ XIVe siècle, les données concernant son nom Ḏj̲alāl al-dīn, sa mise à mort en 804/1401-2 et surtout l’information de sources postérieures telles que le Riyāḍ al-ʿārifīn de Riḍā Kulik̲h̲ān Hidāyat (m. 1288/1872) s…