al-Mashyekheh: Kanz al-Salekin

• Persian Title: المشیخه: کنزالسالکین
• Transliterated Title: al-Mashyakha: Kanz al-Sālikīn
• English Title: The Mashyakha: Treasury of the Wayfarers
• Authors (compiled within the Ḥamūʾī family of Yazd):
  • Niẓām al-Dīn Isḥāq Ḥamūʾī (d. 845 A.H.)
  • Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥamūʾī (d. 885 A.H.)
  • Sālik al-Dīn Muḥammad I Ḥamūʾī (alive in 930 A.H.)
  • Mālik al-Dīn Muʾayyad Ḥamūʾī (d. 969 A.H.)
  • Sālik al-Dīn Muḥammad II Ḥamūʾī (d. 1022 A.H.)
• Editor: Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭabāṭabāʾī Behbahānī (Manṣūr)
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-600-203-207-2
• Publication Year: 2020
• Pages: 473
• Format: PDF
• Category: Islamic Sciences and Learning
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 350

【Summary】

al-Mashyakha (Kanz al-Sālikīn) is a rare and invaluable manuscript collection comprising ijāzāt (scholarly authorizations) and marginal notes written for five successive generations of the Ḥamūʾī family of Yazd. The materials were compiled over a period of 129 years (845–1022 A.H.), preserving approximately one hundred handwriting samples of leading scholars and notable figures from the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries A.H.

Regarded among the most precious Iranian manuscripts, the collection serves as a living archive of Iran’s scholarly networks, Sufi lineages, and educational practices across more than a century. Its chronological depth and personal documentation render it a first-rate source for the study of intellectual history, manuscript culture, and the transmission of religious knowledge in late medieval Iran.